K2 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1987. Telephone kiosk.

K2 Telephone Kiosk

WRENN ID
other-bastion-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 March 1987
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K2 Telephone Kiosk, Austin Friars, City and County of the City of London
OS grid reference
TQ 328 813
Coordinates
51.51577, -0.08639
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 telephone kiosk, located on Austin Friars, was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1927. This cast iron structure features a square shape with a domed roof. The top panel has perforated crowns, and the windows and door are fitted with glazing bars.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk 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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