K2 Telephone Kiosk, Outside Cornwall House is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Kiosk.

K2 Telephone Kiosk, Outside Cornwall House

WRENN ID
sleeping-grate-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Constituency
Vauxhall and Camberwell Green MP: Florence Eshalomi (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 May 1987
Type
Kiosk
Address
K2 Telephone Kiosk, Outside Cornwall House, Stamford Street Se1, SE1 9NH
OS grid reference
TQ 310 801
Coordinates
51.50533, -0.1127
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 telephone kiosk, located outside Cornwall House, was built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. This cast iron square kiosk features a domed roof, perforated crowns on the top panel, and glazing bars on the windows and door.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk, Outside Cornwall House 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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