K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 137 is a Grade II listed building in the Islington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 December 1986. Telephone kiosk. 2 related planning applications.
K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 137
- WRENN ID
- gentle-footing-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Islington
- Constituency
- Islington North MP: Jeremy Corbyn (YP)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 December 1986
- Type
- Telephone kiosk
- Address
- K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 137, Highbury New Park, N5 2LJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 323 859
- Coordinates
- 51.55679, -0.09251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 1927 K2-type telephone kiosk located outside number 137 Highbury New Park, Islington. Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, it is constructed from cast iron. The kiosk is square with a domed roof and features a perforated crown on the top panel, along with glazing bars on the windows and doors.
Local climate
K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Number 137 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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