K2 Telephone Kiosk Opposite London Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1987. Telephone kiosk. 9 related planning applications.

K2 Telephone Kiosk Opposite London Hospital

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tower Hamlets
Constituency
Bethnal Green and Stepney MP: Rushanara Ali (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 February 1987
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K2 Telephone Kiosk Opposite London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, E1 1DB
OS grid reference
TQ 346 817
Coordinates
51.51903, -0.06063
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 telephone kiosk, located opposite the London Hospital on Whitechapel Road, 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 includes perforated crowns on the top panel and has glazing bars on the windows and door.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk Opposite London Hospital 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 9 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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