K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 2010. Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- burning-turret-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 2010
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Adj to Old Post Office, Village Green, Coldridge
- OS grid reference
- SS 698 075
- Coordinates
- 50.8531, -3.85088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk is a standardised design of cast iron, painted red overall with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides. Applied crowns are situated on the top panels, rather than being perforated. Rectangular white display signs read “TELEPHONE” beneath the shallow-curved roof. Modern internal equipment has been installed. The display signs are in good condition, although there are areas of flaking red paint.
Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V’s Silver Jubilee, the K6 was a development of his earlier K2 design of 1924. It was more streamlined, compact, and cost-effective to produce. Over 70,000 were made and the K6 represents an adaptation of architectural tradition to contemporary technological requirements.
The kiosk stands against the west wall of the adjacent Grade II listed former Post Office at the east end of the village green, approximately 5 metres north east of the kiosk. It is also visible in conjunction with the Grade I listed St Matthew’s Church, approximately 35 metres to the east, and an unlisted war memorial.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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