Pair of Telephone Kiosks Outside Number 30 Kensington Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1987. Telephone kiosks. 1 related planning application.

Pair of Telephone Kiosks Outside Number 30 Kensington Church Street

WRENN ID
haunted-string-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Constituency
Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1987
Type
Telephone kiosks
Address
Pair of Telephone Kiosks Outside Number 30 Kensington Church Street, W8 4LL
OS grid reference
TQ 255 798
Coordinates
51.50386, -0.19189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A pair of telephone kiosks stand outside number 30 Kensington Church Street. Designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, these are Type K6 kiosks, constructed from cast iron. They are square in plan with domed roofs. The kiosks feature unperforated crowns to the top panels and margin glazing in the windows and doors. Various contractors were involved in their manufacture.

Local climate

Pair of Telephone Kiosks Outside Number 30 Kensington Church Street 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 — 3 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • Flood risk assessment
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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