K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 2010. Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- fading-floor-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 2010
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Fore Street, Winkleigh
- OS grid reference
- SS 631 081
- Coordinates
- 50.8563, -3.94502
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This K6 telephone kiosk is a standardised design dating from the 20th century. It is constructed of cast iron and painted red, featuring long horizontal glazing in the door and sides, with applied crowns on the top panels rather than perforated ones. White rectangular display signs read "TELEPHONE" beneath the shallow-curved roof. The internal equipment has been modernised.
The kiosk is located in the northern half of the village, situated between the Kings' Arms Inn and a Pyramid Water Trough, both also listed buildings, within 5 metres of each. Antiques Cottage, another listed building, stands approximately 10 metres to the north east, across the road. These four listed buildings create a close visual relationship.
The K6 was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V’s Silver Jubilee. It evolved from his earlier K2 telephone kiosk design of 1924, which drew inspiration from Neo-classical architecture. The K6 was more streamlined, compact, and economical to mass produce. Over 70,000 K6 kiosks were eventually made, and while many were replaced in the 1960s, they remain an iconic feature of British streetscapes.
The kiosk is designated at Grade II for its strong visual relationship with other listed buildings and as a representative example of this significant 20th-century industrial design within a village setting.
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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