[1] The Warwick Court House and Police Complex comprises a group of timber and stone buildings erected from 1885.

[1] The design for the court house was prepared by the Department of Works, John James Clark being Queensland Colonial Architect at the time.

[1] Tenders were called in November 1891 for a "new Police Station in the court house yard", the contract of J Ledbury being accepted in December that year.

The matter appears to have been settled in December 1900 when it was decided that it was "...a first rate building in excellent repair, and will make good quarters for a married Sub Officer...".

[1] Records indicate that in September 1903 it was recommended that the old cells be pulled down and stacked, ready for removal to other areas.

The former telegraph and post office buildings were quite dilapidated by this time, and would have required major repairs to make them fit for habitation.

[1] Plans were prepared for the new building late in 1899 by the Department of Public Works, Alfred Barton Brady being the Government Architect at the time.

[1] Problems with the settlement of the foundations of the police station building required repairs throughout the early 1900s, including underpinning in 1908, insertion of tie rods in 1910 and bolting the walls in 1913.

[1] The symmetrical Fitzroy Street facade, of dressed sandstone, is stepped in plan with the central clock tower and pedimented entrance abutting the footpath.

A deep string course crosses above the entrance between the pilasters at eave height, with a metal coat of arms positioned centrally above.

The lower wings either side of the tower have parapet walls and continue the eave height string course and top ledge of the sandstone base.

The building has a gable and half-gable sheet metal roof, with dressed sandstone street facade, chimney stacks and quoining to the side and rear with square-snecked rock-faced ashlar.

The arches have pronounced extrados, imposts and keystones, and the verandah has timber batten balustrade and French doors with fanlights.

A section of verandah is located at the rear on the ground floor, and a single-storeyed masonry toilet wing has been added to the southwest corner.

[1] The lock-up, located to the southwest of the police station, is a single-storeyed sandstone structure with a corrugated iron gable roof with central ridge ventilator and a verandah on the western side.

A shower building is located to the southwest of the cell block and consists of a timber structure with a corrugated iron gable roof and concrete floor.

The building, U-shaped in plan, is a single-storeyed sandstone structure with dressed chimney stacks and quoining with vermiculated ashlar.

The hipped corrugated iron roof extends over verandahs on the north and west, which have been enclosed with chamferboard, hardboard and a variety of windows.

[1] The former acting sergeant's residence is located between the police station and court house fronting Fitzroy Street to the north.

The single-storeyed chamferboard building is L-shaped in plan and has a corrugated iron gable roof with a hipped rear wing and two metal ridge ventilators.

Verandahs have single- skin exposed framed timber walls and French doors with fanlights, and rooms have boarded ceilings.

The store, located to the north of the former lock-up keeper's residence, is a single room rendered masonry structure with a curved corrugated iron roof and steel door.

[1] Warwick Court House and Police Complex was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

[1] The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.