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

K2 Telephone Kiosk on Traffic Island at Junction with Columbia Road

WRENN ID
under-courtyard-harvest
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 on Traffic Island at Junction with Columbia Road, Hackney Road E2
OS grid reference
TQ 335 827
Coordinates
51.52823, -0.07572
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 telephone kiosk, located on a traffic island at the junction with Columbia Road, was built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. This cast iron kiosk features a square shape with a domed roof, perforated crowns on the top panel, and glazing bars on the windows and door.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk on Traffic Island at Junction with Columbia 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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