K2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Hackney Road is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1987. A C20 Telephone kiosk.

K2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Hackney Road

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 at Junction with Hackney Road, Goldsmith Row
OS grid reference
TQ 342 831
Coordinates
51.53134, -0.06613
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 Telephone Kiosk, located at the junction with Hackney Road, is a notable structure built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. This kiosk 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 both the windows and the door.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Hackney Road 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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