K6 telephone kiosk adjacent to the Reading Room, Church Knowle is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 2017. Telephone kiosk.
K6 telephone kiosk adjacent to the Reading Room, Church Knowle
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-rubblework-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 2017
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 telephone kiosk adjacent to the Reading Room, Church Knowle, BH20 5NF
- OS grid reference
- SY 939 817
- Coordinates
- 50.63582, -2.08696
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk, located adjacent to the Reading Room in Church Knowle, was designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. This kiosk is primarily made of cast iron and glass and has a square shape.
The K6 features a standardized design, painted red overall, with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides. The top panels display applied crowns rather than perforated ones. Beneath the shallow domed roof, there are rectangular white display signs that read "TELEPHONE."
Although the K6 kiosk has modernized internal equipment, it remains structurally intact. However, the red paint is flaking in places, and the display signs have faded. It is situated near several listed buildings: the Reading Room (Grade II) is directly to the west, the Old Cottage (Grade II) is opposite to the southeast, and the Post Office (Grade II) is approximately 30 meters to the southwest. Additionally, there is a pair of Grade II cottages listed as Nos 11 and 12, including Church Knowle stores, to the southeast. The kiosk maintains a good visual relationship with these nearby listed buildings.
Local climate
K6 telephone kiosk adjacent to the Reading Room, Church Knowle receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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