K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside the Victoria and Albert Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1987. Kiosk. 4 related planning applications.

K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside the Victoria and Albert Museum

WRENN ID
far-chancel-dust
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
Kiosk
Address
K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside the Victoria and Albert Museum, Exhibition Road Sw7, SW7 2RL
OS grid reference
TQ 268 791
Coordinates
51.49703, -0.17367
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 1927 telephone kiosk located outside the Victoria and Albert Museum. Designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, it is constructed of cast iron and is of the K2 type. The kiosk is square in plan, with a domed roof. It features perforated crowns on the top panel and glazing bars to the windows and door.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside the Victoria and Albert Museum 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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  • Sale history — 9 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • 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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