K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Water Board Reservoir is a Grade II listed building in the Greenwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1987. Telephone kiosk. 1 related planning application.

K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Water Board Reservoir

WRENN ID
old-banister-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Greenwich
Constituency
Eltham and Chislehurst MP: Clive Efford (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 July 1987
Type
Telephone kiosk
Address
K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Water Board Reservoir, Eltham High Street, SE9 1TX
OS grid reference
TQ 433 744
Coordinates
51.45086, 0.06154
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The K2 telephone kiosk located outside the Water Board Reservoir on Eltham High Street was built in 1927 and designed by Giles Gilbert Scott. This square kiosk is made of cast iron and features a domed roof. It has perforator crowns on the top panel and glazing bars on the windows and door.

Local climate

K2 Telephone Kiosk Outside Water Board Reservoir 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 98% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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