Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Nos 1 and 5, The Square is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1988. Telephone kiosk.
Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Nos 1 and 5, The Square
- WRENN ID
- cold-postern-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 April 1988
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Nos 1 and 5, The Square, Wimborne Minster
- OS grid reference
- SU 009 000
- Coordinates
- 50.80029, -1.98822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two K6 telephone kiosks are located outside Nos 1 and 5 on the north side of The Square. These kiosks were designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and manufactured by Carron Company and Lion Foundry. They are made of 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
Two K6 Telephone Kiosks Outside Nos 1 and 5, The Square receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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