Magistrates Court Complex is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1972. Court complex.
Magistrates Court Complex
- WRENN ID
- solemn-wattle-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1972
- Type
- Court complex
- Address
- Magistrates Court Complex, London Road, Downham Market, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 612 030
- Coordinates
- 52.60088, 0.37914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Magistrates Court Complex, built in 1861, is constructed from buff brick with stucco dressings. The main building features three large arched windows with glazing bars, adorned with stucco archivolts and keys beneath the eaves cornice. It has a hipped slate roof. The wings of the building have flat roofs, including a one-storey entrance projection that is highlighted by rusticated pilasters. Above the central entrance, there are sculptured royal arms positioned above the main cornice.
Local climate
Magistrates Court Complex 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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