K6 Telephone Kiosk, Dent is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 2021. Telephone kiosk. 5 related planning applications.

K6 Telephone Kiosk, Dent

WRENN ID
strange-chamber-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 July 2021
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk, Dent, Main Street, Cumbria, Westmorland and Furness, LA10 5QL
OS grid reference
SD 705 869
Coordinates
54.27726, -2.45394
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The K6 telephone kiosk in Dent was designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. This standardised kiosk is made of cast iron and is painted red overall. It features long horizontal glazing in the doors and sides, with crowns on the top panels that are applied rather than perforated. There are rectangular white display signs reading "TELEPHONE" beneath the shallow curved roof. The interior has been modernised with updated equipment.

The kiosk is located on the eastern side of a minor road, adjacent to the west elevation of the reading room, on the south-eastern approach to the village centre. It is surrounded by three Grade II-listed buildings: The Old Vicarage and The Old Parsonage, approximately 53 meters to the west by south-west; Siege Ghyll, about 14 meters to the south-west; and the Old Post Office and adjoining barn, roughly 21 meters to the north-west. The telephone kiosk has a strong visual connection with these nearby listed buildings.

Local climate

K6 Telephone Kiosk, Dent sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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  1. Siege Ghyll Grade II 14 m
  2. 2, Queens Square Grade II 31 m
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  6. Edmonsons Grade II 49 m
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  8. Bank House Grade II 61 m
  9. Ivy Cottage Grade II 64 m
  10. Sedgwick Fountain Grade II 66 m