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Old Police Station, Bath

Coordinates: 51°22′55″N 2°21′29″W / 51.381979°N 2.358169°W / 51.381979; -2.358169
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Old Police Station
The building (and adjacent archway) in 2012
LocationOrange Grove, Bath, Somerset, BA2 4DF
Coordinates51°22′55″N 2°21′29″W / 51.381979°N 2.358169°W / 51.381979; -2.358169
Built1865 (159 years ago) (1865)
ArchitectCharles Edward Davis
Architectural style(s)Neo-classical
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameBath Old City Police Station
Reference no.1394212
Police station
CategoryLaw Enforcement
Old Police Station, Bath is located in Somerset
Old Police Station, Bath
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]

References

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  1. ^ "British Police History". british-police-history.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Somerset HER". www.somersetheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  3. ^ "THE OLD POLICE STATION, Non Civil Parish - 1394212 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Mitchells & Butlers Retail Ltd, Old Police Station, Orange Grove". Bath Preservation Trust. Retrieved 23 July 2024.