Police Public Call Post on Pavement to West of Junction Between Piccadilly and Regent Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1988. Call post. 2 related planning applications.

Police Public Call Post on Pavement to West of Junction Between Piccadilly and Regent Street

WRENN ID
stony-sill-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1988
Type
Call post
Address
Police Public Call Post on Pavement to West of Junction Between Piccadilly and Regent Street, Piccadilly Circus W1, City of Westminster, W1J 0TR
OS grid reference
TQ 295 806
Coordinates
51.50978, -0.13498
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a police public call post located on the pavement to the west of the junction between Piccadilly and Regent Street, dating from around 1935 or earlier. It is made of cast iron and was produced by the Carron Foundry. The post has a tall, narrow rectangular shape with set backs at the base, mounted corners, and an arched head topped with a small flat-topped cupola that features corner bars. It originally had an opaque glass plate, which is now broken, providing instructions for use to a small door in the upper part. The words "Police" and "Police Public Call Post" are displayed in white against a blue background on each side, with an embossed crown above the front. This post is a rare survival.

Local climate

Police Public Call Post on Pavement to West of Junction Between Piccadilly and Regent Street 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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