K6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite No. 5, West Street is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1988. Miscellaneous.

K6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite No. 5, West Street

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 April 1988
Type
Miscellaneous
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite No. 5, West Street, Corfe Castle
OS grid reference
SY 956 796
Coordinates
50.61628, -2.06256
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a K6 telephone kiosk located opposite No. 5 on West Street in Corfe Castle. It is a Grade II listed structure, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The kiosk is made of cast iron and features a square shape with a domed roof. It has unperforated panels, with George VI crowns on the top panels and margin glazing on the windows and door.

Local climate

K6 Telephone Kiosk Opposite No. 5, West Street 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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