K2 Telephone Kiosk (1) Outside Church of Christ the King 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 (1) Outside Church of Christ the King

WRENN ID
scattered-hinge-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1987
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K2 Telephone Kiosk (1) Outside Church of Christ the King, Byng Place, WC1E 7LE
OS grid reference
TQ 297 821
Coordinates
51.52332, -0.1314
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 telephone kiosk, located outside the Church of Christ the King, was built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. This cast-iron kiosk features a square shape with a domed roof, and it includes perforated crowns on the top panel along with glazing bars on the windows and door. This K2 kiosk is part of a group that includes another K2 kiosk and a K6 kiosk, all situated outside the Church of Christ the King in Gordon Square.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk (1) Outside Church of Christ the King sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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