Police Station and Courts is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1995. Police station and courts. 5 related planning applications.
Police Station and Courts
- WRENN ID
- moated-postern-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1995
- Type
- Police station and courts
- Address
- Police Station and Courts, Crescent Road, TN1 2LU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 585 394
- Coordinates
- 51.13245, 0.26488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Police Station and Courts were built in 1939, designed by Percy Thomas and Ernest Prestwich following a 1934 competition for a set of municipal buildings. The building is in a Neo-Georgian style, incorporating Moderne details. It is constructed of brown brick in Flemish bond, with Portland stone dressings, and has a flat roof. The two-storey structure has four windows to the front elevation. The ground floor windows are twenty-pane sashes, while the first floor has twenty-pane sashes. A band of lettering reads "COURT AND POLICE STATION". The central doorcase features a semi-circular tympanum decorated with classical figures representing the scales of justice and a motto. The building has a band and plinth. Bronze decoration is present on the fanlight and the doors. The interior staircase is of a similar style to those found in other municipal buildings. The courts were not inspected during the listing process.
Local climate
Police Station and Courts receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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