London (CNN) A teenager died after falling from the Whispering Gallery inside St. Paul's Cathedral on Monday, according to authorities.

City of London Police said they were summoned to the cathedral just before 4 pm local time because of "a report of a male in his late teens who had fallen from the gallery within the building."

Police added, "His death is not being treated as suspicious."

The Whispering Gallery is 30 meters, or 98 feet, from the Anglican cathedral's floor, according to the cathedral's official website . Visitors to the gallery must climb 257 steps.

St. Paul's Cathedral in central London.

It gets its name from a "quirk in its construction, which makes a whisper against its walls audible on the opposite side," the site said.

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