Former Chesterfield Magistrates Court

 


The Building

Former Chesterfield Magistrates Court house built 1963-65, converted into residential accommodation comprising 30 luxury flats in 2022.

Designed by Prof S Allen and Robert Keenlyside for Chesterfield Borough Council, altered in 1975. Reinforced concrete, with decorative stone cladding, and timber roofs clad with copper sheeting. Double fan shaped plan, three storeys. Original east entrance front has recessed ground floor with central double glazed doors now blocked with glazed side lights. Either side four windows with concrete louvres to the offices. Above eleven bays topped with gables, the three central bays have recessed windows to both floors. Either side the two storey courts have grey slate panels with side lights and set back grey! green slate cladding. West front has recessed ground floor with eleven windows each with concrete louvres. Above eleven gabled bays, the central three and outer tow with grey slate cladding and side lights with set back grey green slate cladding. The four remaining bays on either side have recessed windows. The north and south sides have recessed angled facades with slightly recessed ground floor with glazed entrance at centre of east section with large glazed windows above. 
Renovated and turned into 30 flats in 2022.

The Photograph

This building sits close to the Chesterfield Borough Council building (which I am sure will feature at some point but I am still working on it). This is a 1960s design, I liked the overall angular roof, windows and the concrete detail.

As I walked around the building I decided that this was the most favourable viewpoint to give an idea of the overall features. The shift lens allowed me to keep the verticals aligned whilst also including enough of the building to fill the frame.

Processing the picture required several individual selections to allow some areas to be lightened and some to be darkened to enhance the contrast across the picture.

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