Police Station, With Walls And Gatepiers To Side

The Police Station, built in 1904 by John Dixon Butler for the Metropolitan Police, is a notable red brick structure with Portland stone dressings and bands, topped with a slate roof. The building has a symmetrical rectangular plan with three storeys at the front and a lower two-storey range at the rear, which adds a picturesque quality to its scale and arrangement.

The main facade features tall brick stacks, particularly prominent in the centre, which are accented with stone bands. This facade is divided into three principal bays, each topped with separate pediments and a heavy dentilled cornice, with plain banding acting as a frieze. The central bay is taller and includes two paired lights beneath an offset door framed in a stone moulded surround. The flanking bays project under round-arched pediments and feature ground-floor bay windows with stone surrounds and balustrades. The windows include casements with small-paned top-lights, a style popularised by Norman Shaw, while the other windows are sashes.

To the side of the building, a wall with stone-topped piers and stone bands enhances the overall composition. This Police Station is part of a significant group of listed public buildings at the historic centre of East Ham.