Telephone Kiosk, Ballypollard Road, Magheramorne, Larne, Co Antrim is a listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Telephone Kiosk, Ballypollard Road, Magheramorne, Larne, Co Antrim
- WRENN ID
- north-soffit-plum
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- East Antrim MP: Sammy Wilson (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- J 427 979
- Coordinates
- 54.80941, -5.78001
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a pre-war example of a K6 type telephone kiosk, located on the Ballypollard Road in Magheramorne, County Antrim. The kiosk was manufactured in cast iron and features small-paned sides, a timber door, and a shallow domical roof. It stands at the roadside in a rural location, near two listed buildings.
The K6 model, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V, was introduced in 1936 and distributed widely throughout the UK. Approximately 60,000 of this type were installed, with around 8,000 placed through the 'Jubilee Concession' for villages with post offices. A further 1,000 were installed under the 'Tercentenary Concession' to mark the Post Office’s 300th anniversary.
Based on the ‘Tudor’ crown motif present on the kiosk, its construction can be dated to sometime between 1936 and 1953. The motif was replaced with St. Edward’s crown following Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953. From 1955, the Crown of Scotland was used on kiosks in Scotland, with a slot in the fascia allowing for either version to be fitted. Production of the K6 model continued until 1968, when it was superseded by the more modernist K8 design. The kiosk retains its original function as a telephone kiosk.
Local climate
Telephone Kiosk, Ballypollard Road, Magheramorne, Larne, Co Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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