K8 Telephone Call Box to north side of Erskine Bridge is a Grade B listed building in the West Dunbartonshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 5 July 2019. Telephone kiosk.
K8 Telephone Call Box to north side of Erskine Bridge
- WRENN ID
- peeling-iron-thistle
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- West Dunbartonshire
- Constituency
- West Dunbartonshire MP: Douglas McAllister (Lab)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 5 July 2019
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- OS grid reference
- NS 469 727
- Coordinates
- 55.92365, -4.45058
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
There are two K8 public telephone kiosks located at the northeast end of Erskine Bridge in Old Kilpatrick. The K8 kiosk was designed in 1965 by Bruce Martin for the General Post Office and was produced until 1983. Two additional K8 kiosks, which are listed separately, can be found at the south end of the bridge.
These kiosks are made of cast iron with an aluminium door featuring a recessed handle, all painted red. 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. The corners of the roof sections are slightly tilted back, and illuminated TELEPHONE signs are set into each face, with the west kiosk featuring a decorative embossed ridge. The doors are secured with brass hinges and leather straps. Each kiosk is equipped with 'pay on answer' telephone equipment and an integrated shelf unit.
Local climate
K8 Telephone Call Box to north 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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