Pair of K2 Telephone Kiosks is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1987. Telephone kiosk. 10 related planning applications.
Pair of K2 Telephone Kiosks
- WRENN ID
- riven-moulding-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch MP: Dame Meg Hillier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1987
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- Pair of K2 Telephone Kiosks, Malvern Road E8
- OS grid reference
- TQ 341 844
- Coordinates
- 51.54268, -0.06719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a pair of K2 telephone kiosks located on Malvern Road. They were constructed in 1927 and are the work of the architect Giles Gilbert Scott. The kiosks are made of cast iron and are of the distinctive K2 design, characterised by their square plan and domed roofs. They feature perforated crowns at the top of the panels and glazing bars to the windows and doors.
Local climate
Pair of K2 Telephone Kiosks 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- 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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