K2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Sutton Street 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 at Junction with Sutton Street

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 Sutton Street, Commercial Road
OS grid reference
TQ 351 812
Coordinates
51.51391, -0.05341
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 Telephone Kiosk, located at the junction with Sutton Street on the south side of Commercial Road, was built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. This cast iron kiosk features a square shape with a domed roof. The top panel has perforated crowns, and the windows and door are fitted with glazing bars.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction with Sutton Street 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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