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Latitude: 55.8587 / 55°51'31"N
Longitude: -4.2487 / 4°14'55"W
OS Eastings: 259348
OS Northings: 665126
OS Grid: NS593651
Mapcode National: GBR 0MM.TK
Mapcode Global: WH3P2.QZ0Z
Plus Code: 9C7QVQ52+FG
Entry Name: Police Call Box, Wilson Street, Glasgow
Listing Name: Wilson Street, Police Box
Listing Date: 26 September 1995
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 375729
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB32803
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Wilson Street, Police Call Box
ID on this website: 200375729
Location: Glasgow
County: Glasgow
Town: Glasgow
Electoral Ward: Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
Tagged with: Police box
Trench (1885-1979) was Architect Surveyor to the Metropolitan Police. Each police call box was intended to be a 'miniature police station'. There are three other listed examples of this type remaining in situ in Glasgow, at the Great Western Road/Botanic Gardens (LB32515), Buchanan Street (LB32825) and Cathedral Square (LB51059). The Wilson Street box was set on a plinth by railings to the underground public conveniences at the time of listing but is now located on the pavement to the north side of the street. This box was painted red at the time of listing, the original colour used in Glasgow, but is now painted blue (2023).
Listed building record updated (2023) with information about listed examples in Glasgow.
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