Police Public Callbox, Corner of Old Broad Street and Adams Court is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1988. A Modern Callbox. 6 related planning applications.

Police Public Callbox, Corner of Old Broad Street and Adams Court

WRENN ID
patient-gateway-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1988
Type
Callbox
Period
Modern
Address
Police Public Callbox, Corner of Old Broad Street and Adams Court, City and County of the City of London, EC2N 1DW
OS grid reference
TQ 329 812
Coordinates
51.51481, -0.08538
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Police Public Callbox, located at the corner of Old Broad Street and Adams Court, dates from around 1935 or earlier. It is made of cast iron and features a narrow rectangular post topped with an arched head and a circular glass lens set in a four-columned finial. The callbox has a hinged door leading to a compartment that originally contained a telephone, now with a replaced glass front. Above the door, there is a panel displaying the words 'Police public call post'.

Local climate

Police Public Callbox, Corner of Old Broad Street and Adams Court 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 95% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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