K6 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 2010. Telephone kiosk.
K6 Telephone Kiosk
- WRENN ID
- veiled-facade-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 2010
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K6 Telephone Kiosk, High Street, Cannington
- OS grid reference
- ST 256 396
- Coordinates
- 51.1512, -3.06457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K6 telephone kiosk is a standardised design dating from the 1930s, constructed from cast iron and painted red with long horizontal glazing in the door and sides. Applied crowns are located on the top panels, and the kiosk displays rectangular white signs reading "TELEPHONE" beneath the shallow-curved roof. It contains modernised internal equipment and is in very good condition.
Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 for the General Post Office to commemorate King George V’s Silver Jubilee, the K6 was a development of his earlier K2 design. It was more streamlined, compact, and cost-effective to mass produce. Over 70,000 K6 kiosks were made, with many later replaced by simpler versions.
The kiosk is situated in the centre of Cannington village, in front of the Grade II listed Henry Rogers Almshouse and between a bus shelter and the entrance path to Cannington College. Ruscombe House, another Grade II listed building, stands approximately 30 metres to the south on the opposite side of the street. A war memorial is 40 metres to the east, and another listed building, 1 Fore Street, lies 30 metres further east. The kiosk has a notable visual connection with the Almshouse and Ruscombe House.
The K6 telephone kiosk is designated at Grade II for its visual relationship with nearby listed buildings and as a representative example of this iconic 20th-century industrial design within a village setting.
Local climate
K6 Telephone Kiosk receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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