Magistrates Court is a Grade II listed building in the Redbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1954. Court house.

Magistrates Court

WRENN ID
waiting-nave-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Redbridge
Constituency
Chingford and Woodford Green MP: Sir Iain Duncan Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1954
Type
Court house
Address
Magistrates Court, The Old Court House, 191, High Road, South Woodford, E18 2QF
OS grid reference
TQ 400 906
Coordinates
51.59763, 0.01998
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Magistrates Court, also known as The Old Court House, is a late 18th-century building located at 191 High Road, E18. It is three storeys tall and constructed of brown brick, featuring seven sash windows. The central doorway is framed by three-panel double doors, glazed side lights, and an ornamental fanlight, with pilasters, console brackets, and a cornice. The eaves cornice has paired brackets, and the building is topped with a hipped slate roof. The south front includes a two-storey painted bow, with the centre featuring an open balcony that has wooden rails, dating from the early 19th century.

Local climate

Magistrates Court sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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