K6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction of Prince's Street and Quay Street K6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Quay Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1988. Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction of Prince's Street and Quay Street K6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Quay Street
- WRENN ID
- sacred-plaster-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1988
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction of Prince's Street and Quay Street K6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Quay Street, Princes Street, Truro
- OS grid reference
- SW 827 447
- Coordinates
- 50.2631, -5.04918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a K6 telephone kiosk located at the junction of Prince's Street and Quay Street in Truro. It was designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and constructed from cast iron. The kiosk features a square shape with a domed roof, unperforated crowns on the top panels, and margin glazing on the windows and door.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction of Prince's Street and Quay Street K6 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Quay Street receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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