Magistrates Court is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1979. Courthouse. 3 related planning applications.
Magistrates Court
- WRENN ID
- inner-outpost-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1979
- Type
- Courthouse
- Address
- Magistrates Court, Horninglow Street, Burton, DE14 1PA
- OS grid reference
- SK 249 234
- Coordinates
- 52.80784, -1.63088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Magistrates Court, built between 1909 and 1910 and designed by architect Henry Beck, is an example of English Baroque style. The building features ashlar stonework and consists of a two-storey central section with a large semi-circular headed window that has a festooned and voluted keyblock. This window is flanked by engaged Ionic columns and is adorned with elaborate cartouches on either side displaying the Arms of the former County Borough. The façade includes an egg-and-dart frieze, a modillion eaves cornice, and an intricately carved parapet, all topped with a leaded drum and cupola. On either side of the central section are lower wings set back, each containing three windows in Gibbs-type surrounds and featuring a balustraded parapet. The single-storey wings on the right and left have doorways with elaborately moulded surrounds, each topped with a cartouche and featuring multi-panelled divided doors.
Local climate
Magistrates Court receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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