Old Police Station | |
Coordinates: | 51.382°N -2.3582°W |
Map Relief: | yes |
Location: | Orange Grove, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4DF |
Architect: | Charles Edward Davis |
Architecture: | Neo-classical |
Designation1: | Grade II listed building |
Designation1 Offname: | Bath Old City Police Station |
Designation1 Number: | 1394212 |
Designation1 Free1value: | Police station |
Designation1 Free2name: | Category |
Designation1 Free2value: | Law Enforcement |
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.
Today, the building is the home of Browns Bar & Brasserie.[4]