K2 Telephone Kiosk at South West Corner of Number 120a and 122 Clerkenwell Green is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 December 1986. Telephone kiosk. 19 related planning applications.
K2 Telephone Kiosk at South West Corner of Number 120a and 122 Clerkenwell Green
- WRENN ID
- open-cobble-foxglove
- 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 at South West Corner of Number 120a and 122 Clerkenwell Green, Farringdon Lane, EC1R 0NA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 314 820
- Coordinates
- 51.52235, -0.1061
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The K2 telephone kiosk, located at the south-west corner of numbers 120A and 122 Clerkenwell Green, was built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. This square kiosk is made of cast iron and features a domed roof. It has perforated crowns on the top panel and glazing bars on the windows and door.
Local climate
K2 Telephone Kiosk at South West Corner of Number 120a and 122 Clerkenwell Green 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 19 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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