Description

NY 5261 BRAMPTON LONGTOWN ROAD
BRAMPTON (West side)

15/38 Police Station and
Magistrates' Court

II

Police Station and Magistrates Court. Late 1860's and 1902. Dressed red
sandstone with rusticated plinth, Welsh slate roof with coped gables and stone
chimney stacks. 2 storeys: 4 bays to Carlisle Road facade, with 3 bay
extension left: 2 bays to Longtown Road facade. Gable entrance has projecting
stone porch with double pilaster strips and moulded capitals, entablature with
triglyphs, moulded cornice and blocking course with erased lettering MAGISTRATES
OFFICE. Moulded gable pediment above. Sash windows with glazing bars to sides
and extension. Right of entrance is building inscribed on lintel POLICE
STATION, 1902: triple and double casements with glazing bars, and 2 hipped
dormers above. Garage extension to right has plank doors and wall rounded to
corner. Magistrates Office is now Police Station with Magistrates Court behind:
former Police Station is now rest rooms and kitchen, with former flat above.

Listing NGR: NY5272861057

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380057

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