Covent Garden box

[domvar]

I have just been watching a programme on bbc hd about charles dickens with Sue Perkins this box or one identical to it used to stand outside his house

[domvar]

In situe

[domvar]

With friends since renovation

[alexcutler]

Out of curiosity: do we actually know that this was intended as a police box? Or was it a sentry box?

The choice of placement seems odd for a police box.