K2 Telephone Kiosk in Front of Compton Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 December 1986. Telephone kiosk. 3 related planning applications.

K2 Telephone Kiosk in Front of Compton Terrace

WRENN ID

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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 in Front of Compton Terrace, Upper Street, N1 1RU

OS grid reference

TQ 316 845

Coordinates

51.54482, -0.10307

Source

Historic England listing

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Description

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk in Front of Compton Terrace 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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• ✓Related listed building consents — 3 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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