K6 Telephone Kiosk, The Ball is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1989. Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone Kiosk, The Ball

WRENN ID
swift-cellar-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 August 1989
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk, The Ball, Dunster, Somerset
OS grid reference
SS 991 438
Coordinates
51.18514, -3.44429
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 telephone kiosk located at The Ball in Dunster 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, The Ball sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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