Police Station is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1977. Police station. 2 related planning applications.

Police Station

WRENN ID
rusted-lintel-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lindsey
Constituency
Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 May 1977
Type
Police station
Address
Police Station, Spring Gardens, Gainsborough, DN21 2AY
OS grid reference
SK 817 899
Coordinates
53.40012, -0.77163
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Police Station, built in the mid-19th century, is constructed of white brick with red brick bands and features a hipped Welsh slate roof. It has a red brick eaves cornice supported by brackets. The Cross Street elevation showcases six round-headed windows with red brick strings at the cills, red brick heads, and a band at impost height. To the left, there is a small window with two paired lights and a column mullion. A moulded cornice separates the storeys. The ground floor consists of eight arcaded bays that include four windows (one of which was formerly a door), one door, and a small window with two lights. The larger windows have round-arched heads and a moulded band at the cills, along with recessed apron panels. The bays on the ground floor are adorned with carved stone capitals. The Spring Gardens elevation features three first-floor windows with strings at the cills, while the ground floor has four bays, including two windows. To the right, there is a rectangular porch with a trefoil-headed entry and a pierced parapet. A later two-storey wing is attached to the right, featuring a full-height rectangular bay. The Police Station, along with Nos 25 to 29 (odd) and Nos 33 to 37 (odd), forms a group, with Nos 25 to 29 (odd) and No 33 being of local interest.

Local climate

Police Station sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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