Police Call Box at North East Angle of Number 1 is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1991. A Modern Call box.
Police Call Box at North East Angle of Number 1
- WRENN ID
- idle-balcony-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1991
- Type
- Call box
- Period
- Modern
- Address
- Police Call Box at North East Angle of Number 1, St Martin's Le Grand, City and County of the City of London
- OS grid reference
- TQ 321 814
- Coordinates
- 51.5168, -0.09699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The police public call box, located at the north east angle of number 1 St Martin's Le Grand, dates from around 1935 or earlier. It is made of cast iron and features a tall, narrow rectangular design with a segmental arched head and a narrow projecting hood. This hood is topped with a globular light set within a small flat-topped cupola that has corner bars, all resting on a stepped base.
The front of the box includes rectangular doors that have instructions for use behind a framed glass plate. Above these doors is an opening for a name plate, which is now missing, and this area is surmounted by an embossed coat of arms. Below the main doors, there are two additional flush doors that have recessed hand grips. The panelled returns feature a plate on the left side that reads "Police," while the right-hand plate is missing. This call box is considered a rare survival.
Local climate
Police Call Box at North East Angle of Number 1 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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