K2 Telephone Kiosk on Island Opposite Number 48 (Number 48 Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1987. Telephone kiosk. 1 related planning application.
K2 Telephone Kiosk on Island Opposite Number 48 (Number 48 Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- graven-spindle-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Camden
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1987
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K2 Telephone Kiosk on Island Opposite Number 48 (Number 48 Not Included), Primrose Gardens, NW3 4TP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 274 847
- Coordinates
- 51.54745, -0.1635
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a K2 telephone kiosk located on an island opposite number 48 in Primrose Gardens, Camden. It was built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. The kiosk is made of cast iron and features a square shape with a domed roof. It has perforated crowns on the top panels and glazing bars on the windows and doors. Number 48 is not included in the listing.
Local climate
K2 Telephone Kiosk on Island Opposite Number 48 (Number 48 Not Included) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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