Grecian police box - so very Edinburgh

Out for a walk at lunchtime and thought I would blip this lovely old police box in West Montgomery Street.

A police box is a British telephone kiosk or callbox located in a public place for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police.

Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone is located behind a hinged door so it can be used from the outside, and the interior of the box is, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers.

As the main function of the boxes was superseded by the rise of portable telecommunications devices like the walkie-talkie, very few police boxes remain in Britain today. Some have been converted into High Street coffee bars. These are common in Edinburgh, though the City also has dozens that remain untouched ? most in various states of disrepair. Edinburgh's boxes are relatively large, and are of a rectangular plan, with a design inspired by the city's abundance of neoclassical architecture.