K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside the Canonbury Tavern is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 December 1986. Telephone kiosk.

K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside the Canonbury Tavern

WRENN ID
over-shingle-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Islington
Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury MP: Emily Thornberry (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 December 1986
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside the Canonbury Tavern, Canonbury Place, N1 2NS
OS grid reference
TQ 320 845
Coordinates
51.54465, -0.0974
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 telephone kiosk outside the Canonbury Tavern is a telephone kiosk built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. It is made of cast iron and 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 Outside the Canonbury Tavern 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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