K2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction of Highgate Road 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 at Junction of Highgate Road

WRENN ID
tenth-vestry-hawthorn
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 at Junction of Highgate Road, Lissenden Gardens
OS grid reference
TQ 284 859
Coordinates
51.55783, -0.14783
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 telephone kiosk, located at the junction of Highgate Road and Lissenden Gardens, was built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. This square kiosk is made of cast iron and features a domed roof. It has perforated crowns on the top panel and glazing bars on the windows and door.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction of Highgate Road sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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