The Old Police Station is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Former police station.
The Old Police Station
- WRENN ID
- odd-string-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Former police station
- Address
- The Old Police Station, 58 and 59, New Street, CM1 1NE
- OS grid reference
- TL 708 069
- Coordinates
- 51.73492, 0.47347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Police Station is a building mainly from the early 20th century, with parts of an 18th-century block located at the south corner. It stands three storeys tall, constructed in stock brick with stone trim. The southwest corner features a semi-hexagonal tower with tall sash windows on all three storeys, topped by an open-sided hexagonal turret supported by Ionic columns and a stone cupola.
The west front and south wall are adorned with giant Ionic orders, and the ground floor has a rusticated stone facing. The centre of the west front has a bow window on the first floor, which includes Ionic detailing, and beneath it is an entrance with a curved pediment featuring an egg and dart motif. There is a relief of the county arms above the entrance. The west front has three six-paned sash windows, while the south side has two. The roof is hipped and slated, with a stone eaves cornice.
Additionally, there is a two-storeyed 16th-century house in the north bay, with a first floor that is timber framed and jettied. This late medieval house or wing has a surviving jetty underbuilt with a bay window, and it features a three-window range, with the central window having a wrought iron balcony.
Local climate
The Old Police Station sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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