2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Lloyds Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1988. Telephone kiosk.

2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Lloyds Bank

WRENN ID
gilded-bastion-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 July 1988
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Lloyds Bank, Market Jew Street, Penzance
OS grid reference
SW 472 303
Coordinates
50.11887, -5.53648
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two telephone kiosks, known as Type K6, are located outside Lloyds Bank in Penzance. They were designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and were made by various contractors. These kiosks are constructed of cast iron and feature a square shape with domed roofs. The top panels have unperforated crowns, and the windows and doors are fitted with margin glazing.

Local climate

2 K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Lloyds Bank sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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