Old Police Station, Bath Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: British Police History . 2024-07-23 . british-police-history.uk.
  2. Web site: Somerset HER . 2024-07-23 . www.somersetheritage.org.uk.
  3. Web site: THE OLD POLICE STATION, Non Civil Parish - 1394212 Historic England . 2024-07-23 . historicengland.org.uk . en.
  4. Web site: Mitchells & Butlers Retail Ltd, Old Police Station, Orange Grove . 2024-07-23 . Bath Preservation Trust . en-GB.