Sessions House is a Grade II listed building in the Lincoln local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1973. Magistrates' court, police station. 5 related planning applications.
Sessions House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-gargoyle-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lincoln
- Constituency
- Lincoln MP: Mr Hamish Falconer (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1973
- Type
- Magistrates' court, police station
- Address
- Sessions House, Lindum Road, LN2 5HQ
- OS grid reference
- SK 978 714
- Coordinates
- 53.23132, -0.53548
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sessions House is a magistrates' court and former police station built in 1805 by William Hayward. The building is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof with a rear wall stack. It has a plinth, a first-floor band, and eaves adorned with paired modillions. The structure is two storeys high and consists of five bays.
The symmetrical front is characterized by end bays that are defined by giant pilasters, each featuring an Ionic doorcase and pediment. Between these pilasters are three blank windows. Above, there are five glazing bar sash windows, all with rubbed brick heads. The north and south sides of the building have regular fenestration with glazing bar sashes, some of which are blank.
Inside, there is a cantilevered stone winder staircase with a shaped landing and iron stick balusters. The courtroom includes a moulded cornice and doorcases, panelled benches, and a semicircular dock with a sounding board. A gallery supported by iron posts features lamp holders. The enclosure for the magistrates' seats is splayed and topped with an enriched pediment that has a figure of Justice.
The grounds of this property are designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, County Reference Number 269.
Local climate
Sessions House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 5 applications
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- 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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