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On 7 Jul 2010 at 1:04am Raoul Moat wrote:

Anyone know when the new police station is going to open?

On 7 Jul 2010 at 9:43am Doughnut eater wrote:

When its built

On 7 Jul 2010 at 9:58am Clifford wrote:

So far the place looks like the reception building at a large holiday camp. I assume there is a luxurious canteen and bar on the premises.

On 7 Jul 2010 at 11:33am Hells Belle wrote:

What a complete eyesore, as for a luxury canteen and bar, I doubt that very much, staff are not provided for like that anymore. Gone are those days!

On 7 Jul 2010 at 12:05pm Down and Out wrote:

I was going to start a thread about how completely execrable this new building is, but I might as well say it here instead:
- Absolutely no sense of civic gravitas;
- Lame noughties architectural cliches: bit of white render, bit of cedar, battleship grey windows;
- Windows completely out-of-scale with the street;
- Wacky shape-making, to zero architectural effect.
I hate it. A colleague of mine was talking to the bloke who designed it and he's very proud apparently. How depressing.
What's even worse: what will happen to the tradition of the CSBS archbishop hurling abuse at Plod when he gives his address on the 5th??

On 7 Jul 2010 at 12:38pm Clifford wrote:

Down and Out - Exactly. It puts me in mind of that awful 'sustainable' house on the way to the station. Same architect?

On 7 Jul 2010 at 2:33pm Extra wrote:

I've never understood why they didn't just keep the wonderful facade of the Henry Card 1884 building in West Street and just build behind it. It was a great building with a great history in the ideal location.

On 7 Jul 2010 at 7:16pm Misery wrote:

I'm sure it will be nice and comfy inside! Lets be faie Plod does have to have somewhere nice to hide whilst waiting for his shift to finish

On 7 Jul 2010 at 7:18pm Misery wrote:

Hmmm..sorry see above faie does actually mean FAIR, I think I may be trying to invent a new word but failed

On 8 Jul 2010 at 8:49am 'ere be monsters wrote:

Better than using a word like execrable.

On 8 Jul 2010 at 1:00pm Gloria mundi wrote:

Down and Out, I agree completely. Another appalling building in the conservation area. How do they get through the net?

On 8 Jul 2010 at 2:28pm Down and Out wrote:

Clifford - it was designed, I understand, by a company called Parsons Brinckerhoff, who are a massive worldwide engineering and project managing consultancy with a very small architects department. They design amazing sewers, railway tunnels and motorway junctions across the world. And rubbish police stations in small towns in Sussex.