Police Station is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. Police station. 3 related planning applications.

Police Station

WRENN ID
open-flue-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hertsmere
Country
England
Date first listed
12 August 1985
Type
Police station
Source
Historic England listing

Description

TQ 19 SW BUSHEY SPARROWS HERNE (Southwest side) Bushey

10/150 Police Station -

  • II

Police Station. 1883-4 for Metropolitan Police. Red brick with terracotta and sandstone dressings. Slate hipped roof. 3 storeys. 5 bays. 2 bays to right set back slightly. Entrance to right: banded rustication to jambs, round arched head, recessed spandrels below a bracketed moulded pediment. 'Metropolitan Police' inscribed in frieze. Plinth. Stringcourse below ground floor windows, upper string courses and sandstone courses. Glazing bar sashes in keyed moulded and gauged brick surrounds with slightly cambered heads. First and second floor windows with aprons. Coved cornice. 3 large stacks with projecting strips on shafts and oversailing caps. Left return has 2 bays, windows in plain reveals with gauged brick heads. Pediment over stone surround to entrance towards rear. Extruded stack with offsets. Right return: 1 bay to 2 storey 1 bay lean-to, extended to rear 1 storey with a coved cornice, stack to rear. Originally building held an office, an occasional Court, 3 cells and 2 married quarters. Attached to front are forecourt railings with a pier and Police lamp to entrance.

Listing NGR: TQ1392994626

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