Telephone Kiosk, 1 Tirkelly Hill Road, Ballyroney, Banbridge, County Down, BT32 5EW is a Grade B2 listed building in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 6 August 1990.
Telephone Kiosk, 1 Tirkelly Hill Road, Ballyroney, Banbridge, County Down, BT32 5EW
- WRENN ID
- muffled-latch-scarlet
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Constituency
- South Down MP: Chris Hazzard (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1990
- Address
- Telephone Kiosk, 1 Tirkelly Hill Road, Ballyroney, Banbridge, County Down, BT32 5EW, BT32 5EW
- Irish grid reference
- J 220 377
- Coordinates
- 54.2739, -6.12648
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
Telephone Kiosk, Tirkelly Hill Road, Ballyroney
This is a red telephone kiosk of type "K6", designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and installed between 1935 and 1953. It stands adjacent to the former Post Office at Ballyroney, forming a noteworthy architectural group with that building and its associated house.
The kiosk is constructed of cast iron painted red. Each elevation is embossed with the symbolic Tudor Crown motif over a sign displaying "TELEPHONE". The glazing has been largely replaced, and the front glazed door is now missing. The rear elevation is blank. The interior has been replaced with modern telephone equipment. Despite these losses, the essential character and architectural interest of the structure survive.
The K6 design is one of the most iconic British telephone box designs, created by the renowned architect Giles Gilbert Scott (1880-1960), who is also famous for designing Liverpool Cathedral, Battersea Power Station, and the Bankside Power Station (now Tate Modern) in London. The first K6 kiosks were commissioned in 1935 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V. The distinctive roof design was based upon the roof of Sir John Soane's Mausoleum in St. Pancras Old Church, London.
The Tudor Crown embossed above the entrance confirms this to be an original K6 from the initial production run, rather than the modified design introduced in the mid-1950s following the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The kiosk does not appear on historic Ordnance Survey maps or valuation records, consistent with its installation date between 1935 and circa 1953, and certainly before 1956 when production of this model ceased.
This telephone kiosk is one of few surviving examples of this iconic international design, now increasingly rare. The structure was listed in 1990 and was selected in 1997 by Royal Mail for inclusion in a commemorative set of four postage stamps depicting historic post offices from each region of the United Kingdom; Ballyroney appeared on the 63 pence stamp for Northern Ireland. The kiosk continues to function.
Local climate
Telephone Kiosk, 1 Tirkelly Hill Road, Ballyroney, Banbridge, County Down, BT32 5EW sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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