Magistrates Courts Police Station
MAGISTRATES COURTS, MANCHESTER ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1362015
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Magistrates Courts Police Station
- Statutory Address:
- MAGISTRATES COURTS, MANCHESTER ROAD
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:
- 2004-08-22
- Reference:
- IOE01/13072/01
- Rights:
- © Mr Bruce Ough. 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:
- 1362015
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Magistrates Courts Police Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- MAGISTRATES COURTS, MANCHESTER ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- MAGISTRATES COURTS, SPRING GARDENS
- Statutory Address 3:
- POLICE STATION, MANCHESTER ROAD
- Statutory Address 4:
- POLICE STATION, SPRING GARDENS
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:
- MAGISTRATES COURTS, MANCHESTER ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- MAGISTRATES COURTS, SPRING GARDENS
- Statutory Address:
- POLICE STATION, MANCHESTER ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- POLICE STATION, SPRING GARDENS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Hyndburn (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 76312 28223
Details
ACCRINGTON MANCHESTER ROAD SD 72 NE Magistrates Courts and Police Station 7/19 - 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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 183816
- 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 02-Jul-2026 at 00:43:34.
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.