The Old Police Station is a Grade II
listed building
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in
Bath
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* Bathing, immersion in a fluid
** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
,
Somerset
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, England. Completed in 1865, to a design by
Charles Edward Davis
Charles Edward Davis (29 August 1827 – 10 May 1902) was an English architect and antiquary.
Life
Born near Bath, Somerset, in 1827, he was son of Edward Davis, an architect there and pupil of Sir John Soane, and his wife Dorothy Walker, widow o ...
, 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.
A 19th-century archway connecting the building to the rear of the adjacent (to the southwest)
Guildhall
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, in which the police station was formerly located, is also listed.
The building, which contains a garage for one fire engine, is two storeys high and three bays wide. 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.
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Grade II listed buildings in Bath, Somerset
1865 establishments in England
Police stations in England