Telephone Kiosk at Sx 8940 6385 is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1994. Telephone kiosk.

Telephone Kiosk at Sx 8940 6385

WRENN ID
plain-flagstone-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Constituency
Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1994
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
Telephone Kiosk at Sx 8940 6385, Cockington Lane
OS grid reference
SX 893 638
Coordinates
50.46403, -3.55978
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a telephone kiosk located on Cockington Lane in Torquay. It is a Type K6 kiosk, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and produced by various contractors. The kiosk is made of cast iron and features a square shape with a domed roof. It has unperforated imperial crowns on the top panels and margin glazing on the panels.

Local climate

Telephone Kiosk at Sx 8940 6385 receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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