The Old Police Station
The Old Police Station, High Street, Chipping Campden, GL55 6HB,
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1322063
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1999
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Police Station
- Statutory Address:
- The Old Police Station, High Street, Chipping Campden, GL55 6HB,
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1322063
- Date first listed:
- 30-Sept-1999
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Police Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Old Police Station, High Street, Chipping Campden, GL55 6HB,
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:
- The Old Police Station, High Street, Chipping Campden, GL55 6HB,
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chipping Campden
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 15137 39147
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27 November 2024 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards
SP 15 39
4/9/10000
CHIPPING CAMPDEN
HIGH STREET (south east side)
The Old Police Station
(Formerly liisted as Police Station and Magistrates Court)
GV II
Police station and magistrates court. 1871. Rock-faced limestone and ashlar. Stone tile roof with stone coped gable ends. Ashlar gable-end and axial stacks.
PLAN: Police station with superintendant's accommodation above and carriageway to left, and with wing at rear containing court room, open to the roof, with cells below.
EXTERIOR: two storeys and attic. 1:3 bay front. Symmetrical three bays on right with central two-centred arch doorway with side lights, inscribed above COUNTY POLICE STATION over crown and with date 1871, and hoodmould above; to left and right canted stone bay windows; stringcourse at first floor level and two- and three-light stone mullion-transom first floor windows with hoodmoulds; three small attic dormers with two-light windows with depressed two-centred arches; bay on left, recessed slightly, with depressed two-centred arch carriageway with plank double doors, and two-light mullion-transom window above. Rear: gable-ended ashlar courthouse wing with Gothic windows and external stairs on east side.
INTERIOR: most of the interior joinery is intact, including panelled doors and two stairs. The court has an open timber roof with arch-braced trusses, a corner fireplace and courtroom furnishings. The cells below have original doors and boarded beds.
Listing NGR: SP1514339142
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 477725
- 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.
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