Police Public Callbox Outside St Botolph Aldgate Church is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1988. Callbox.
Police Public Callbox Outside St Botolph Aldgate Church
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- moated-quartz-lake
- 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
- Address
- Police Public Callbox Outside St Botolph Aldgate Church, Houndsditch, City and County of the City of London
- OS grid reference
- TQ 335 811
- Coordinates
- 51.51385, -0.07641
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The police public callbox located outside St. Botolph Aldgate Church dates from around 1935 or earlier. It is made of cast iron and has a narrow rectangular post with an arched head. At the top, there is a circular glass lens mounted in a four-columned finial. The callbox features a hinged door that leads to a compartment containing a telephone, which has a glass front that has been replaced. Above the door, there is a panel with the words "Police public call post."
Local climate
Police Public Callbox Outside St Botolph Aldgate Church 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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