Row of Four K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Lansdowne Library is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1988. Telephone kiosk.

Row of Four K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Lansdowne Library

WRENN ID
small-balcony-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Bournemouth West MP: Jessica Toale (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 July 1988
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
Row of Four K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Lansdowne Library, Meyrick Road
OS grid reference
SZ 095 913
Coordinates
50.72142, -1.86628
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A row of four K6 telephone kiosks is located outside Lansdowne Library. These kiosks were designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and were made by Lion Foundry and W McFarlane & Co Ltd. They are constructed from cast iron and feature a square shape with domed roofs. The top panels display unperforated George VI crowns, and the windows and doors have margin glazing.

Local climate

Row of Four K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Lansdowne Library receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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