After having this place pinned and finally seeing that there was access of another explorer who calms to want to 'protect' it, I decided to have a look.
Access was a pain and thankfully to my partner having eagle eyes we ventured inside.
I spend a good couple of hours in here, taking it all in , there was a lot to see, the main courtroom and cells were the best part, also some lovely stained glass windows.
I noticed near the cells there was a motion sensor which I triggered last minute, so decided it was time to leave.
A building like this is clearly maintained, as I heard there was workers in stripping the place during the week.
A lovely explore to start of post lockdown.
History of the place
The building of 1896, by county architect John Cresswell, has come to the end of its life as a police station. Described by Pevsner, in his monumental "Buildings of England" series in the 1950s, as probably the best building in Blyth. It is in red brick, Italianate Gothic style with lots of carved detail and marble columns. It incorporates a magistrates’ court and Sergeant's flat which were decommissioned some time ago.
Original plans were for the building to be turned into flats but has now changed to be converted into offices.
Access was a pain and thankfully to my partner having eagle eyes we ventured inside.
I spend a good couple of hours in here, taking it all in , there was a lot to see, the main courtroom and cells were the best part, also some lovely stained glass windows.
I noticed near the cells there was a motion sensor which I triggered last minute, so decided it was time to leave.
A building like this is clearly maintained, as I heard there was workers in stripping the place during the week.
A lovely explore to start of post lockdown.
History of the place
The building of 1896, by county architect John Cresswell, has come to the end of its life as a police station. Described by Pevsner, in his monumental "Buildings of England" series in the 1950s, as probably the best building in Blyth. It is in red brick, Italianate Gothic style with lots of carved detail and marble columns. It incorporates a magistrates’ court and Sergeant's flat which were decommissioned some time ago.
Original plans were for the building to be turned into flats but has now changed to be converted into offices.
