K6 Telephone Box at Old SPO is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 2016. Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Box at Old SPO
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-marble-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 2016
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- OS grid reference
- SP 786 732
- Coordinates
- 52.35169, -0.84744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk is a standardised design made of cast iron and painted red overall. It features long horizontal glazing in the door and sides, with crowns applied to the top panels rather than perforated. The kiosk has rectangular white display signs that read "TELEPHONE" beneath a shallow-curved roof. Inside, it has modernised equipment, but the structure is intact and retains its glass windows. At the time of the survey in 2016, the exterior paint was faded.
This kiosk is prominently located on a main road through the village, next to the village notice board, bus shelter, and post box, which are all unlisted. It is directly opposite The Old Rectory, a Grade II listed building, about 20 metres to the east, and close to the War Memorial, also listed at Grade II, approximately 40 metres to the north-east. Additionally, it is within sight of the Church of St Andrew, a Grade I listed building, located 100 metres to the south-west. The telephone kiosk has a strong visual connection with these three listed buildings. The modern telecommunications equipment inside the K6 is not considered to have special architectural or historic interest.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Box at Old SPO sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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