K3 Type Telephone Kiosk Underneath the Portals of the Parrot House is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1986. Telephone kiosk.

K3 Type Telephone Kiosk Underneath the Portals of the Parrot House

WRENN ID

silver-rubblework-weasel

Grade

II

Local Planning Authority

Westminster

Constituency

Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)

Country

England

Date first listed

6 August 1986

Type

Telephone kiosk

Address

K3 Type Telephone Kiosk Underneath the Portals of the Parrot House, Zoological Gardens Nw1, City of Westminster

OS grid reference

TQ 282 834

Coordinates

51.53562, -0.15271

Source

Historic England listing

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Description

Local climate

K3 Type Telephone Kiosk Underneath the Portals of the Parrot House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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