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. A Modern Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone Kiosk

WRENN ID
far-mullion-aspen
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
Telephone kiosk
Period
Modern
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk, Lydford, West Devon
OS grid reference
SX 511 848
Coordinates
50.64463, -4.10728
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 telephone kiosk in Lydford Village is a Grade II listed structure. This kiosk, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is made of cast iron and features a square shape with a domed roof. It has unperforated crowns on the top panels and margin glazing on the windows and door. The kiosk was produced by various contractors.

Local climate

K6 Telephone Kiosk sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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