Old Town Hall Police Station is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. Town hall, police station.
Old Town Hall Police Station
- WRENN ID
- leaning-thatch-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1973
- Type
- Town hall, police station
- Address
- Old Town Hall Police Station, Market Place
- OS grid reference
- TR 353 710
- Coordinates
- 51.38947, 1.38202
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Town Hall and Police Station, primarily built in the 19th century, has a north portion that dates back to the 17th century. The ground floor is cement rendered, while the first floor features flint facing with brick quoins and a tiled roof. The front elevation showcases a curved gable with one round window and one round-headed sash window, along with a stringcourse. The ground floor includes arcading with keystones, with the central section forming a doorcase. There are sash windows throughout. The south portion of the building is two storeys, also cement rendered, with a dropped moulded eaves cornice, three blank spaces on the first floor, and five sash windows on the ground floor. Connected by a footbridge is an additional two-storey section, cement rendered, featuring a balustraded parapet and sash windows with pediments above. This section is also attached to a Victorian cast iron bus shelter. Inside, the courtroom contains some fine 18th-century overmantels salvaged from demolished buildings.
Local climate
Old Town Hall Police Station sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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