Police Box, Newtown Linford is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. Telephone box.
Police Box, Newtown Linford
- WRENN ID
- slow-truss-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Telephone box
- Address
- Police Box, Newtown Linford, Bradgate Park Gate, Leicestershire, LE6 0HE
- OS grid reference
- SK 522 097
- Coordinates
- 52.68301, -1.2287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The police box in Newtown Linford, Leicestershire, dates from around 1931 and was relocated to its current position in 1952.
Constructed from timber panels with riveted metal brackets on the sides, the box has a rectangular plan measuring approximately 1.8 meters by 2.4 meters. It is oriented north-west to south-east, with the doorway located on the north-west elevation.
The exterior features four sides topped by a very shallow, nearly flat pitched roof that extends over a frieze and cornice. The box is set on a low brick and concrete plinth that it slightly overhangs. Painted dark blue, each elevation is divided into three panels secured by riveted metal brackets around their edges. A plain skirting runs around the base, interrupted only by the door. A sign reading ‘LEICESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY’ is located on the frieze above the north-west doorway. The frieze on the north-east and south-west elevations displays the word ‘POLICE’ in applied letters, while the south-east elevation features a ventilation grille. The central panel of the north-west facing elevation has a narrow, recessed door with a single central panel, along with a new handle and lock. Each of the two flanking panels has a narrow frosted-glass window divided by a single mullion. The other elevations have a central vertical window of frosted glass divided into four lights by three mullions.
The interior has not been inspected, but it is understood to contain a fitted desk and cabinet, although it no longer has its original telephone equipment.
Local climate
Police Box, Newtown Linford sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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