K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 2009. A 20th century Phone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- small-niche-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 June 2009
- Type
- Phone kiosk
- Period
- 20th century
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Main Street, Threshfield, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SD 989 635
- Coordinates
- 54.06771, -2.01748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a K6 telephone kiosk dating from the 20th century. Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee, it is constructed of cast iron and is painted red with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides. Applied crowns are positioned on the top panels, and the kiosk displays rectangular white signs reading "TELEPHONE" below a shallow-curved roof. Although it contains modernised internal equipment, the kiosk retains its original configuration and all its glass windows, along with intact "TELEPHONE" signs. The red paint is currently flaking and faded in many places, and the overall condition is not good.
The kiosk is situated on the southern corner of the village green, approximately 30 metres from the Grade II listed stocks. It has a strong visual relationship with the Grade II listed Old Post Office, Manor House, and Manor House Barn, all of which are located along Main Street to the east of the green. These buildings are closely visible when approaching from the south of the village.
The K6 was developed from Scott’s earlier K2 design, and represented a more streamlined, compact, and cost-effective approach to telephone kiosk design and production, with over 70,000 units eventually produced. It is considered an iconic feature of Britain’s streetscapes and a thoughtful adaptation of architectural tradition to modern technological needs.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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