K6 telephone kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 2009. Telephone kiosk.
K6 telephone kiosk
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 2009
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 telephone kiosk, Watlington, Brightwell Baldwin
- OS grid reference
- SU 654 950
- Coordinates
- 51.65025, -1.05576
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a K6 telephone kiosk, a standardised design from the 20th century. Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 to commemorate King George V’s Silver Jubilee, it is constructed of painted red cast iron with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides. The kiosk features applied crowns on the top panels and rectangular white display signs reading "TELEPHONE" beneath the shallow-curved roof. Modern internal equipment has been removed, likely due to vandalism.
The K6 is a development of Scott’s earlier K2 design, which maintained a neoclassical influence but was more streamlined, compact, and cost effective to mass produce. Giles Gilbert Scott was a significant modern British architect, also responsible for the Anglican cathedral of Liverpool and Battersea power station. The K6 and K2 kiosks exemplify a considered adaptation of architectural tradition to meet contemporary technological needs. Over 70,000 K6 kiosks were produced, with many being replaced in the 1960s, although they remain an iconic feature of the British streetscape.
The kiosk is situated on the main road through the village, adjacent to the Grade II listed Old Forge. Nearby are Brightwell Farm and cowhouses (Grade II), Brightwell Farmhouse (Grade II), St Bartholomew's Church (Grade I), and the Lord Nelson Inn (Grade II), meaning the kiosk has a strong visual relationship with several listed buildings, standing close to the Grade I listed church.
Local climate
K6 telephone kiosk 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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