Old Police Station, Bath
| Old Police Station | |
|---|---|
 The building (and adjacent archway) in 2012 | |
| Location | Orange Grove, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4DF |
| Coordinates | 51°22′55″N 2°21′29″W / 51.381979°N 2.358169°W |
| Built | 1865 |
| Architect | Charles Edward Davis |
| Architectural style(s) | Neo-classical |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Bath Old City Police Station |
| Reference no. | 1394212 |
| Police station | |
| Category | Law Enforcement |
  Location of Old Police Station in Somerset | |
The Old Police Station is a Grade II listed building in Bath, Somerset, England. Completed in 1865, to a design by Charles Edward Davis, it stands in Orange Grove, adjacent (to the southwest) to Bath's Empire Hotel, although it pre-dates that building by around fifty years. The police station opened on 19 January 1866.[1]
A 19th-century archway connecting the building to the rear of the adjacent (to the southwest) Guildhall, in which the police station was formerly located, is also listed.[2]
The building, which contains a garage for one fire engine, is two storeys high and three bays wide.[3] It became disused when the police station moved to Manvers Street in the 1970s. It became a restaurant in 1998.[2]
Today, the building is the home of Browns Bar & Brasserie.[4]
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Part of the interior, pictured in 2024
References
- ^ "British Police History". british-police-history.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Somerset HER". www.somersetheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "THE OLD POLICE STATION, Non Civil Parish - 1394212 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Mitchells & Butlers Retail Ltd, Old Police Station, Orange Grove". Bath Preservation Trust. Retrieved 23 July 2024.