Central Police Station, Magistrates Court and Fire Station
CENTRAL POLICE STATION, MAGISTRATES COURT AND FIRE STATION, PILGRIM STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1245576
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Central Police Station, Magistrates Court and Fire Station
- Statutory Address:
- CENTRAL POLICE STATION, MAGISTRATES COURT AND FIRE STATION, PILGRIM STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-02-20
- Reference:
- IOE01/03605/19
- Rights:
- © Mr Bob Cottrell. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1245576
- Date first listed:
- 09-Feb-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Central Police Station, Magistrates Court and Fire Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- CENTRAL POLICE STATION, MAGISTRATES COURT AND FIRE STATION, PILGRIM STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CENTRAL POLICE STATION, MAGISTRATES COURT AND FIRE STATION, PILGRIM STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Newcastle upon Tyne (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 25017 64334
Details
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NZ 2564 SW
PILGRIM STREET
1833/21/10081
Central Police Station, Magistrates Court and Fire Station
II
Magistrates Court, Police Station, and Fire Station. 1931-33. Designed by Cackett, Burns Dick & Mackellar. Steel framed with rusticated Portland stone and brick cladding. Baroque Revival style. 4 and 5 stories, with basement and attic. Market Street front to north has 13 window facade with central entrance to Magistrates Court which has double glazed doors with overlight with fish-scale glazing in flat moulded granite surround topped with coat-of-arms. Either side single small windows with bronze bars and beyond on either side 5 sashes with glazing bars. Above 13 similar windows. Above again central blind section with 10 giant Corinthian columns supporting deep entablature and topped with plain parapet. Chamfered corner section to police station has similar double doors in flat granite surround with set back sections to either side containing single glazing bar windows. Above small glazing bar sash and then an ornate projecting balcony and a very tall window with single deeply set giant Corinthian columns either side. Entablature above bears date: AD. MCMXXXI AD. Parapet above has fluted Ionic pilasters and a flagpole. Pilgrim Street facade very similar to Market Street front though with 7 fire engine garages with late C20 doors all in flat granite surround, and above 12 recessed Corinthian columns with windows between on both upper floors. Worswick Street facade is irregular with stone faced basement and ground floor, the upper floors are white brick with stone banding. Inner courtyard has 3 storey central building with 7 storey hose drying tower and cells to the magistrates court. INTERIOR has 2 almost identical magistrates court with Classical style oak panelling, raised seating for the magistrates, dock, witness box, lawyer's seating and public gallery. Coffered plaster ceiling with original brass light fittings and panelled doors. Magistrates anti-chamber with similar style plaster panelling, pilasters and oak panel doors. Courts entrance foyer lined with imitation stone, plaster ceiling and original light fittings and doors. Police Chief Constables former office and outer office retains similar style panelling doors and plaster ceilings. Police station entrance retains original glazed wooden double doors with pilaster surrounds, internal foyer has pairs of Egyptian style columns supporting curved frieze.
Listing NGR: NZ2501764334
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 472969
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 25-Jun-2026 at 13:17:44.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.