Magistrates Courts is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Court. 3 related planning applications.

Magistrates Courts

WRENN ID
keen-entrance-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 1972
Type
Court
Address
Magistrates Courts, 7, Derby Street, L39 2BJ
OS grid reference
SD 415 083
Coordinates
53.56872, -2.8835
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Magistrates Courts building, originally a police station, was constructed in 1850 and has since been altered. It features a combination of sandstone ashlar and rock-faced sandstone on the sides, with a roof that is likely slate but is concealed. The building has a large rectangular plan and includes various 20th-century additions at the rear.

It stands two storeys tall with six bays, arranged symmetrically. The second and fifth bays project slightly forward and are topped with shallow pediments. The structure has a plinth, string course, moulded cornice, and blocking course. The second bay features a doorway, while the fifth bay has been altered to include a window; both have doorcases adorned with heavy banded columns and pilasters, along with entablatures that have prominent cornices. The frieze above the doorway in the second bay is inscribed with the word "MAGISTRATES".

On the ground floor, there are round-headed sash windows with radiating glazing bars, while the first floor has tall 12-pane sashes with moulded architraves. The building includes a stone chimney on the left and brick chimneys in the center and on the right. The long left return wall has several notable features, including a blocked former doorway near the front with a lintel inscribed "CONSTABLE", a cast-iron standard measure built into the wall nearby, and three round-headed windows on the first floor.

Local climate

Magistrates Courts sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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