Magistrates Court

HEREFORD

SO5140SW GAOL STREET 683-1/8/168 (North side) 10/06/52 Magistrates Court (Formerly Listed as: GAOL STREET Police Station)

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Police Station and Gaol, now Magistrates Court. c1842. By Trehern and Duckham of Hereford. Stone; brick; hipped gabled slate roof; stone stack to front. 2 storeys, attic and basement; 7-window range: right gable has three 6/6 sashes, under moulded pediment with semicircular window under semicircular arch; recessed to left, 2 plain windows under semicircular arches, and, to left, 2 similar windows under bracketed eaves. Central entrance to gable-bay has steps to 6-panel door and fanlight, under rusticated arch, flanked by paired 4/4 sashes with rusticated central piers and lintels; to left, studded door and overlight. Rusticated basement and quoins. Stone eaves detail continues to left side. Stuccoed right side has 6 mullion and transom windows with margin-glazed leaded lights and semicircular arches with crest. INTERIOR: some stick balusters to staircase. 1st floor: vaulted ceilings; some 6- and 4-panel doors, with architraves; cornices; early C20 fire surround. Ground floor: Courtroom: 2-panel doors with architraves; panelled courtroom with benches, magistrates' seats, etc.; decorated plasterwork ceiling and central coloured light dome; Venetian window with enriched architraves; 5-panel doors, some part-glazed; some vaulted ceilings; window architraves. Cellar: stone and brick-lined; brick vaulted cells; plank doors; original studded plank door.

Listing NGR: SO5128740022