Pair of K2 Telephone Kiosks Outside Orchard School is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 October 1987. Telephone kiosk. 1 related planning application.
Pair of K2 Telephone Kiosks Outside Orchard School
- WRENN ID
- noble-window-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch MP: Dame Meg Hillier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 October 1987
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- Pair of K2 Telephone Kiosks Outside Orchard School, Well Street, E9 7QX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 353 842
- Coordinates
- 51.54104, -0.04934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a pair of telephone kiosks located outside Orchard School on Well Street. They were built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. The kiosks are constructed from cast iron and are of the K2 type, characterised by their square form and domed roofs. They feature perforated crowns at the top panels and glazing bars to the windows and doors.
Local climate
Pair of K2 Telephone Kiosks Outside Orchard School 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 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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 — 7 transactions since 1997
- 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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