Keeper's Box at Tq 2661 8657 and Attached Wall to South East is a Grade II listed building in the Camden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1999. Hut.

Keeper's Box at Tq 2661 8657 and Attached Wall to South East

WRENN ID
tenth-basalt-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Camden
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1999
Type
Hut
Address
Keeper's Box at Tq 2661 8657 and Attached Wall to South East, Hampstead Heath
OS grid reference
TQ 266 865
Coordinates
51.56383, -0.17481
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Keeper's Box, built around the 1840s, is located at TQ 2661 8657 and is accompanied by an approximately 270-meter-long sunken wall that runs southeast from the box. Constructed from red-purple brick, the box features a tiled conical roof with overhanging bracketed eaves, a terracotta finial, and a chimney stack. It has a window with glazing bars and a renewed door and lintel. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, this structure was likely built to mark the southwestern boundary of Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson's East Park estate. An 1894 Ordnance Survey map identifies the box as a police hut.

Local climate

Keeper's Box at Tq 2661 8657 and Attached Wall to South East 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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