Magistrates Courts Police Station is a Grade II listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1984. Courthouse, police station. 2 related planning applications.
Magistrates Courts Police Station
- WRENN ID
- waning-zinc-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hyndburn
- Constituency
- Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1984
- Type
- Courthouse, police station
- Address
- Magistrates Courts Police Station, Spring Gardens, BB5 2BJ
- OS grid reference
- SD 763 282
- Coordinates
- 53.74985, -2.36069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Magistrates Courts and Police Station, built in 1933 by Sir Percy Thomas, showcases a simplified and streamlined classical style. Constructed from ashlar, the building features a flat roof and consists of one and two storeys. The courthouse is a single storey with two different heights, and the centre of the facade is highlighted by a monumental porch that projects from the centre of the courtroom hall, which is set back. The porch, covering a deeply recessed pedimented doorway, has a giant rounded arch with voussoirs and a panelled frieze that wraps around the court hall. Flanking the porch are lower ranges that are flush with it, each featuring four windows with plain reveals, voussoirs, and glazing bars. The left side includes a simple doorway, while the right side has some basement windows and connects to the Police Station, which is two storeys tall, following the slope of Spring Gardens, and is designed in the same style. This building serves as a companion to the nearby Fire Station.
Local climate
Magistrates Courts Police Station sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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