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

Standard Edinburgh police box designed by City Architect Ebenezer James MacRae and his assistants A Rollo and J A Tweedie, 1930-31. Classical, rectangular cast-iron box 6ft by 4ft on plan, set into boundary wall of former Canongate U P Church (separately listed), on corner of Canongate and Cranston Street. 2-bay pilastered long elevations; one contains door bearing city arms. Single bay short elevations; triangular open pediments containing ribboned wreath decoration. Low pitched roof.

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