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Latitude: 55.9463 / 55°56'46"N
Longitude: -3.2368 / 3°14'12"W
OS Eastings: 322852
OS Northings: 673277
OS Grid: NT228732
Mapcode National: GBR 8CH.VW
Mapcode Global: WH6SL.7SXV
Plus Code: 9C7RWQW7+G7
Entry Name: Police Call Box, Murrayfield Avenue, Edinburgh
Listing Name: Murrayfield Avenue, Police Box
Listing Date: 18 September 2002
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 396415
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB48898
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200396415
Location: Edinburgh
County: Edinburgh
Town: Edinburgh
Electoral Ward: Corstorphine/Murrayfield
Traditional County: Midlothian
Tagged with: Architectural structure Police box
City Architects Department (E J MacRae, City Architect), designed late 1930s. Standard Edinburgh police box. 2 x single-bay rectangular-plan (6ft x 4ft) cast-iron box sited at SE end of Murrayfield Ave. Pilastered long elevations, entrance elevation to W on LHS of street, with corniced door to right bearing city arms; 2 small corniced doors to left. Single bay short elevations surmounted by open pediments containing ribboned wreath decoration. Saltaire patterned glazing to all elevations. Felt-covered roof with UKWMO siren.
A Rollo and J A Tweedie assisted in the design.
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