Kiosk in Town Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Kiosk.
Kiosk in Town Gardens
- WRENN ID
- lunar-lime-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Kiosk
- Address
- Kiosk in Town Gardens, Quarry Road, South Swindon
- OS grid reference
- SU 152 833
- Coordinates
- 51.54888, -1.78193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kiosk in Town Gardens is a Grade II listed information kiosk originally built for the Great Western Railway in 1915, although it was erected on its current site several years later. It features a timber frame and a lead roof, and has an octagonal shape with a door located on the south side. The kiosk has framed sectional storey panels that include hinged central lights and segmental glazed fanlights. The roof extends into a wide canopy, adorned with a carved fascia, and rises to an octagonal glazed lantern, which also has a swept roof topped with a ball and spike finial. The original external fence and base were not constructed at this location.
Local climate
Kiosk in Town Gardens receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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