K6 Telephone Box, Hanging Houghton is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 2016. Telephone kiosk. 8 related planning applications.
K6 Telephone Box, Hanging Houghton
- WRENN ID
- riven-barrel-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 2016
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Box, Hanging Houghton, Manor Road, Northampton, Lamport, NN6 9ES
- OS grid reference
- SP 753 737
- Coordinates
- 52.35643, -0.89471
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a K6 telephone kiosk designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The kiosk is constructed from cast-iron and glass and is painted red overall. It features long horizontal glazing in the door and sides, with crowns applied to the top panels rather than perforated. Rectangular white display signs, reading TELEPHONE beneath the shallow curved roof, are present, though now faded and discoloured. The kiosk is generally in good condition and retains its original glass panels. The interior now contains modernised telecommunications equipment.
The kiosk is situated on a grass verge on the south side of Manor Road, at its junction with a metalled road providing access to several private houses, including Grooms Cottage (Nos. 18 and 19) and School House (No. 20), all of which are separately listed at Grade II. The kiosk has a strong visual relationship with these three listed buildings.
Note: The modern telecommunications equipment within the kiosk is not considered to be of special architectural or historic interest.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Box, Hanging Houghton sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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