K8 Telephone Call Box to west side of Erskine Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the Renfrewshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 July 2019. Telephone kiosk.
K8 Telephone Call Box to west side of Erskine Bridge
- WRENN ID
- muffled-mantel-hemlock
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP: Alison Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 July 2019
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- OS grid reference
- NS 457 721
- Coordinates
- 55.91723, -4.46959
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
There are two K8 public telephone kiosks located at the south end of Erskine Bridge in Renfrewshire. Designed by Bruce Martin for the General Post Office in 1965, the K8 kiosk was produced until 1983. Two additional K8 kiosks, which are listed separately, can be found at the northeast end of the bridge.
These kiosks are made of cast iron with an aluminium door featuring a recessed handle, all painted in 'Red 539'. Three sides, including the door, are fitted with large single sheets of toughened glass in rectangular frames with rounded corners. The solid back panels are shaped to match the dimensions of the glazing. Each kiosk has a cill ring between the main body and the flat roof section, with the corners of the roof sections tilted back slightly. Illuminated TELEPHONE signs are set into each face of the roof. The doors are equipped with brass hinges and leather straps. Inside, each kiosk contains 'pay on answer' telephone equipment and an integrated shelf unit.
Local climate
K8 Telephone Call Box to west side of Erskine Bridge sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,410 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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