(Former) Police Station and Court, Barnhill Road, Broxton

Broxton lies some 12 miles south of Chester in an area of rich farmland and small villages. In 1896 Broxton Police Division of Cheshire Constabulary comprised 18 small police stations, generally housing one or two officers each. Thus, the decision in 1910 to build a large new police court on an isolated plot at the junction of A41 Whitchurch Road and A534 Barnhill Road at some distance from any centre of population remains unexplained. The building was in the style of an Elizabethan manor house, with “E” shaped plan of Ruabon brick and slate roofs.