Magistrates Courts is a Grade II listed building in the Liverpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Courts. 29 related planning applications.
Magistrates Courts
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-niche-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Liverpool
- Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside MP: Kim Johnson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1975
- Type
- Courts
- Address
- Magistrates Courts, Dale Street L2, L2 2JQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 345 907
- Coordinates
- 53.4092, -2.98601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Magistrates Courts, built between 1857 and 1859 by John Weightman, is a notable structure made of ashlar stone set on a granite plinth. It stands three stories tall and features thirteen bays, including a recessed canted corner and three bays facing Hatton Garden. The ground floor is rusticated and includes a sill band and a flat band above. There is a central carriage entry with a segmental arch, flanked by doorways and windows that have segmental heads. The facade is organized in a pattern of 3:3:1:3:3 bays, with rusticated giant pilasters that support an entablature above the first floor. The building has four-pane sash windows throughout. The top floor features panelled pilasters, a cornice, and a blocking course, along with a central pediment and six stacks with cornices.
Local climate
Magistrates Courts sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 29 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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