K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1994. Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone Kiosk

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torbay
Constituency
Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 May 1994
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk, Higher Union Street
OS grid reference
SX 912 643
Coordinates
50.46927, -3.53441
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 Telephone Kiosk is a type designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. This cast-iron structure features a square shape with a domed roof. The top panels have unperforated crowns, and the windows and door are fitted with margin glazing.

Local climate

K6 Telephone Kiosk 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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