K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1988. Kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- kindled-quoin-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1988
- Type
- Kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 575 749
- Coordinates
- 50.55694, -4.01236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk located at Lydford Rendlestone is a Grade II listed structure. This kiosk was designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and was produced by various contractors. It is made of cast iron and 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 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 76% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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