K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 2009. Telephone kiosk. 2 related planning applications.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- open-sandstone-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 2009
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, Hulcote, Easton Neston, NN12 7HT
- OS grid reference
- SP 704 499
- Coordinates
- 52.14296, -0.97224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk, built in 1935, is a notable example of 20th-century industrial design, created by architect Giles Gilbert Scott for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V's Silver Jubilee. This cast iron and glass structure features a single glazed door and two glazed sides, all with narrow panes flanking horizontal glazing, topped by a domical roof. Each side of the upper segment has a relief crown above a narrow glazed panel that displays the word "TELEPHONE." The kiosk is painted red.
Giles Gilbert Scott, who lived from 1880 to 1960, was a significant figure in modern British architecture, known for major works such as the Anglican cathedral in Liverpool and Battersea power station. The K6 design was a streamlined and cost-effective evolution of his earlier K2 telephone kiosk from 1924, which was inspired by Neo-classical architecture. Over 70,000 K6 kiosks were produced, and although many were replaced in the 1960s, numerous examples remain, serving as iconic features in British streetscapes.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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