Description

ACCRINGTON MANCHESTER ROAD
SD 72 NE
Magistrates Courts and Police Station
7/19
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GV II

Magistrates Courts and Police Station, 1933, by Sir Percy Thomas in
simplified and streamlined classical style. Ashlar, flat roof on 2
levels. One and two storeys. Court house is single storey of 2
different heights; centre of facade dominated by monumental porch
projected from centre of courtroom hall which is set back; porch
(covering deeply recessed pedimented doorway) has giant rounded arch
with voussoirs, and a panelled frieze which carries round the court
hall. Lower ranges flanking porch, and flush with it, both have 4
windows with plain reveals, voussoirs and glazing bars; left has a
simple doorway, right has some basement windows and is linked by a
quadrant to Police Station which is 2 storeys (to falling slope of
Spring Gardens) in same style. Companion to the Fire Station (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD7631228223

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643951

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings