Telephone Call Boxes, Fort George is a Grade B listed building in the Highland local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 23 June 1989. Telephone kiosk. 1 related planning application.
Telephone Call Boxes, Fort George
- WRENN ID
- under-frieze-alder
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Highland
- Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey MP: Graham Leadbitter (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1989
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- OS grid reference
- NH 762 567
- Coordinates
- 57.58359, -4.07105
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Telephone Call Boxes at Fort George consist of a set of three K6 telephone kiosks, situated in a lane to the west of the former artillery block. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, these kiosks were created to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of King George V's coronation in 1935.
Each K6 kiosk is made from cast-iron sections that are bolted together on a concrete base. They have a four-sided rectangular shape topped with a domed roof. Three sides of the kiosks feature glazing, consisting of eight rows of three panes of glass, with a wide central pane flanked by two narrower outer panes. The back panel is a blank, moulded section that matches the dimensions of the windows and includes cable holes on either side of the foundry plate located at the base of the kiosks.
Above the main body of the kiosks is a plain entablature that is set back from the front. This entablature includes a rectangular slot for signage, adorned with trim moulding, and houses an illuminated telephone sign. Below the signage slot are ventilation slots. The domed roofs are designed with segmental pediments that have a convex moulded edge, and the pediments are topped with a moulded Royal Crown.
Local climate
Telephone Call Boxes, Fort George sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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