K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Former Paddington and Maida Vale Girls' High School is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. Telephone kiosk. 4 related planning applications.

K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Former Paddington and Maida Vale Girls' High School

WRENN ID
worn-tracery-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Queen's Park and Maida Vale MP: Georgia Gould (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Former Paddington and Maida Vale Girls' High School, Elgin Avenue W9, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 255 825
Coordinates
51.52764, -0.1912
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 telephone kiosk located outside the former Paddington and Maida Vale Girls' High School was built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. This cast iron kiosk is an intact example of the K2 type, featuring a domed roof, perforated crowns on the top panels, and glazing bars on the windows and door.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Former Paddington and Maida Vale Girls' High School 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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