K2 Telephone Kiosk is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1987. Telephone kiosk.

K2 Telephone Kiosk

WRENN ID
turning-niche-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1987
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K2 Telephone Kiosk, Thurloe Square Sw7
OS grid reference
TQ 269 789
Coordinates
51.49555, -0.17205
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 Telephone Kiosk, located in Thurloe Square, was built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. This Grade II listed structure is made of cast iron and features a square shape with a domed roof. It has perforated crowns on the top panel and glazing bars on the windows and door.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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