K6 Telephone Kiosk (Near King's Arms Hotel) is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Telephone kiosk.

K6 Telephone Kiosk (Near King's Arms Hotel)

WRENN ID
lapsed-vault-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1988
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K6 Telephone Kiosk (Near King's Arms Hotel), Temple Sowerby
OS grid reference
NY 611 270
Coordinates
54.63743, -2.60355
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K6 telephone kiosk, located near the King's Arms Hotel, is a Grade II listed structure designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. This kiosk is made of cast iron and features a square shape with a domed roof. It has unperforated crowns on the top panels and margin glazing on the windows and door.

Local climate

K6 Telephone Kiosk (Near King's Arms Hotel) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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, 35 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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