Old Police Station

The Old Police Station and Old Court House are a building constructed in the late 19th century, likely 1877, in an Arts and Crafts style. They are built of red brick with varied detailing to the lower storey and half-timbering to the upper storey, all set beneath slate roofs with projecting eaves. The Old Police Station occupies the left-hand side of the building, while the former Court House is on the right, with each clearly defined.

The Police Station front is symmetrical and one-and-a-half storeys high, featuring a left-end stack and a moulded brick string course. A central recessed doorway is fitted with a 20th-century wooden door and flat timber lintel, flanked by wide four-light casement windows, each with a horizontal glazing bar, square quarries, and flat lintels. A prominent diamond frieze in blue brick is positioned centrally above the doorway and string course. Above this, a wide gabled half-dormer, half-timbered with projecting verges supported on brackets, contains a seven-light window with small panes.

The Old Court House is two storeys high and has an asymmetrical front with a hipped roof to the right. The ground floor features a high-set seven-light window to the left, with narrow lights defined by chamfered brick mullions; the central light is blocked with brick while the others have iron-framed glazing. A moulded brick sill runs along the ground floor, beneath which is a continuous sill band. To the right is a three-light stairlight beneath the eaves, also with chamfered brick mullions, with a moulded sill in a different style. Above the seven-light window is a gable of the upper storey, half-timbered with projecting verges supported on brackets, containing a wide eight-light window with small-pane casements. Above this window is a shaped lintel bearing the stylised letters 'JSB' and the date '1877', flanked by ornamental friezes with circles.

The west end contains the entrance to the Court House, offset to the right with a recessed boarded door under a flat stone lintel. To the left is a small two-light brick mullioned window, the sill band continuing from the front as a hoodmould. Above and offset to the right is a wide half-timbered attic dormer containing a four-light window with small-pane casements. The Court House has an L-shape; the rear range is a continuation of the high front gable and houses the court chambers. The return from the west end, facing south, has a two-light brick mullioned window, while the west side of the rear range has a three-light brick mullioned window to the ground floor. The two-storey south gable end is of brick with a string course containing a sawtooth brick band. To each storey are two pairs of three-light windows with chamfered brick mullions, flat brick hoodmoulds and moulded sills. A clustered brick shaft is located in the right angle of the gable end.

The rear of the Old Police Station features a small 20th-century brick lean-to to the left, containing a door and multi-pane window. A long two-storey range extends to the right; the west side contains small multi-pane windows under segmental brick heads and skylights. The east side of the building abuts the stables and courtyard of Lislea House (former vicarage).

Access to the interior was not possible at the time of inspection.