K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1988. Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone Kiosk

WRENN ID
hushed-lancet-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1988
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk, Hardknott Pass, Eskdale, Copeland
OS grid reference
NY 211 011
Coordinates
54.39981, -3.21535
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 Telephone Kiosk, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is a Grade II listed structure located at Hardknott Pass in Eskdale. This telephone kiosk 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 one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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