Police Box, Canongate, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 10 August 1990. Police box. 5 related planning applications.
Police Box, Canongate, Edinburgh
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-corbel-thrush
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1990
- Type
- Police box
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
This is a standard Edinburgh police box designed by City Architect Ebenezer James MacRae and his assistants A Rollo and J A Tweedie, built between 1930 and 1931. It is a classical, rectangular cast-iron structure measuring 6 feet by 4 feet, set into the boundary wall of the former Canongate United Presbyterian Church, which is separately listed. The box features two-bay pilastered long elevations, with one side containing a door that bears the city arms. The short elevations are single bay and have triangular open pediments adorned with ribboned wreath decoration. The police box has a low pitched roof.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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