K6 Telephone Kiosk, adjacent to 32 High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 2019. Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk, adjacent to 32 High Street
- WRENN ID
- tenth-window-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 2019
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, adjacent to 32 High Street, OX1 4AN
- OS grid reference
- SP 517 062
- Coordinates
- 51.75283, -1.2521
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is located adjacent to 32 High Street. This standardised kiosk is made of cast iron sections that are bolted together and is painted red overall. It features long horizontal glazing in the door and sides, with crowns applied to the top panels rather than being perforated. There are rectangular white display signs reading 'TELEPHONE' beneath the shallow curved roof.
Despite some signs of paint flaking, the kiosk remains intact and is generally in good condition, retaining its glazing panels. It is not currently in operational use, as the internal telephone equipment has been removed.
Situated on the north side of Oxford High Street, outside All Souls College, the kiosk is near several listed buildings, creating a strong visual relationship with them. These include All Souls College, Wardens Lodging (Grade II*), University College, Gatehouse University College, North Range (Grade I), Church of St Mary the Virgin (Grade I), All Souls College, Gateway to High Street at Eastern End of the Frontage (Grade II), 33 & 34 High Street, Oxford (Grade II), and The Queen's College, South Range (Grade I).
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk, adjacent to 32 High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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