K6 Telephone Kiosk Between Post Office and No. 38 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1988. A 20th century Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone Kiosk Between Post Office and No. 38

WRENN ID
heavy-quoin-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 April 1988
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk Between Post Office and No. 38, Milton Abbas, Blandford Forum, DT11 0BP
OS grid reference
ST 807 018
Coordinates
50.81597, -2.27457
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a K6 telephone kiosk located between the Post Office and No. 38 on the south side in Milton Abbas. It was designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and made by various contractors. The kiosk is made of cast iron and painted grey. It has a square shape with a domed roof, featuring unperforated George VI crowns on the top panels and margin glazing on the windows and door.

Local climate

K6 Telephone Kiosk Between Post Office and No. 38 receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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