Building MPM1296 - Former Southsea Police Station, 259 Highland Road

Former Passenger transport offices which was part of the Eastney tram and bus depot complex. Brick with stone dressings, stone doorway section with columns and prominent projecting clock above. Possibly by H. J. Dyer. Built 1932. [1]

Henry J Dyer & Son 1932 in the free baroque style. Converted for Hampshire Constabulary 1992-4, now disused. [2, p.479]

Part of the Eastney tram and bus depot complex. The building later became Southsea Police Station from April 1994 until March 2012 when the was station closed [3, 4]

Portsmorth Society Restoration Design Award 1995 - architect Colin Swift of Hampshire County Council Architects Dept [5]

<1> Portsmouth City Council, 2011, City of Portsmouth Local List of Buildings (Bibliographic reference). SPM37.

<2> O'Brien, Bailey, Pevsner, Lloyd, 2018, The Buildings of England Hampshire: South (Bibliographic reference). SPM585.

<3> The News, 2013, The News (Bibliographic reference). SPM224.

<4> Hampshire Constabulary History Society, 2014, Hampshire Constabulary History Society (Digital archive). SPM225.

<5> Portsmouth Society, 1995, Portsmouth Society News (Bibliographic reference). SPM223.