Former Police Station

Two storey, 1 window range with lean-to porch to left, and 2 storey extension to rear. Abutted by courthouse to right. Square in plan. Limestone walls rendered and painted, with stressed limestone quoins, architraves and plinth. Hipped slate roof. Porch to left with hipped lean-to roof forming continuous outshut, square headed doorway and recessed boarded door, limestone dressings and eaves cornice. Paired 4-pane recessed sash window to ground floor front with single 4-pane sash over. Windows originally barred. Small fixed light with single iron bar on 1st floor, left side. Left side of outshut has 2 recessed 4-pane sash windows either end, that to rear end being larger. Single 4-pane sash window to upper storey of extension.

Internally altered but retaining much of original layout. Main door leads to slab paved passage in outshut, with office to right in front room, and two cells to rear. Blocked doorway to cells. Interior walls of passage to cells of brick with ceilings of large slate slabs. Cell doors have single-piece stone jambs and lintels, original heavy doors of thick boards with iron sheeting encasing cellward side, fitted with a single large bolt and view hole. Fixed metal frame, barred windows to rear of each cell. Upper storey room to rear of extension has cast iron fireplace set into decorative moulded fire surround.