Magistrates Court is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1979. Court building. 1 related planning application.
Magistrates Court
- WRENN ID
- former-cobalt-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1979
- Type
- Court building
- Address
- Magistrates Court, Cliff Parade, WF1 2SR
- OS grid reference
- SE 329 209
- Coordinates
- 53.68407, -1.50215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Magistrates Court, located on Cliff Parade and including No 26 King Street, is a building from the early 19th century that underwent restoration in the late 19th century. It features a main front that is two stories high with seven windows. The structure is made of ashlar stone and has a banded ground floor, a first-floor cill string, and a top entablature with a bracketed cornice and blocking course. The sash windows are adorned with moulded lintels on the first floor and architraves below, both supported by console bracketed cornices. The ground floor friezes display a pattern of chains. An ornamental doorway is highlighted by a keystone featuring a mask of a bearded police officer, who has a stern yet benign expression and wears a traditional helmet. The building extends back to Gill Street and has additional extensions to King Street.
Local climate
Magistrates Court receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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