Description

ORMSKIRK

SD4108SE DERBY STREET
663-1/8/152 (North side)
11/08/72 No.7
Magistrates Courts

GV II

Police Station and Magistrates courts, now all courts. 1850,
altered. Sandstone ashlar, and rock faced sandstone at the
side, (roof concealed but probably slate). Large rectangular
plan (plus various C20 additions to rear). Two storeys and 6
bays, symmetrical, the 2nd and 5th bays breaking forwards
slightly, with shallow pediments; with plinth, string course,
moulded cornice and blocking course. The 2nd and 5th bays have
doorways (the latter altered as a window) with doorcases of
heavy banded columns and pilasters, and entablatures with
prominent cornices, the frieze of that to the 2nd bay
inscribed "MAGISTRATES". Otherwise, the ground floor has
round-headed sashed windows with radiating glazing bars, and
the 1st floor has tall 12-pane sashes with moulded
architraves. Stone chimney to left, brick chimneys in centre
and to right. The long left return wall has (inter alia) a
blocked former doorway near the front with lintel inscribed
"CONSTABLE", a cast-iron standard measure built into the wall
near this, and 3 round-headed windows at 1st floor.

Listing NGR: SD4158608374

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26491541

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)