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01 March 2013
1846 – Old County Gaol, Wexford, Co. Wexford

1846 – Old County Gaol, Wexford, Co. Wexford

The most striking element of the Old County Gaol is the curiously flat almost cardboard cut outcut-like entrance constructed in 1846. It is built of random squared rubble red sandstone and capped by...

06 February 2013
1861- Gloucester Probate Court, Gloucestershire

1861- Gloucester Probate Court, Gloucestershire

Architect: Fulljames & Waller Building still extant but no longer in use as probate court. Published in The Building News, March 6 1861: “ERECTED by Thomas Holt, Esq., the diocesan registrar and secretary...

13 January 2013
1873 – Post Office and Sub-Treasury Building Boston, Massachusetts

1873 – Post Office and Sub-Treasury Building Boston, Massachusetts

Architect: Alfred B. Mullett The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts met here from 1883, prior to completion, until 1929; the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts met here...

13 January 2013
1882 –  Courthouse and Post Office, Hartford, Connecticut

1882 – Courthouse and Post Office, Hartford, Connecticut

Architect: Alfred B. Mullett The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut met here until 1933; the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut met here until that court was abolished...

08 November 2012
1864 – Assize Courts, Manchester, Lancashire

1864 – Assize Courts, Manchester, Lancashire

Architect: Alfred Waterhouse Designed by Alfred Waterhouse in the neo-Gothic style, construction began in 1859 and was completed in 1864. This was Waterhouse’s first major commission, won by open competition, and the nearby...

02 November 2012
1883 – Courthouse, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon

1883 – Courthouse, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon

Architect: Christopher J. Mulvany Selected design after an architectural competition to replace County Counthouse that had been destroyed in a fire in 1882.

03 October 2012
1871 – Unbuilt design for new Law Courts, Birmingham

1871 – Unbuilt design for new Law Courts, Birmingham

Architect: Alfred Langston Competition entry for new Law Courts, Judges Lodgings & Municipal Buildings. Perspective view & ground plan published in The Building News, September 29th 1871.

01 October 2012
1904 – Courthouse, Morden, Manitoba

1904 – Courthouse, Morden, Manitoba

Architect: Samuel Hooper Designed by the Provincial Architect Samuel Hooper as a courthouse and small holding jail for the surrounding area. A simple building, with an unsual pediment, it now has rather unfortunately...

21 September 2012
1762 – Harrison Hall, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon

1762 – Harrison Hall, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon

Architect: John & George Ensor Now a branch of the d Bank of Ireland but known also as Harrison Hall. Originally built as a rectangular-plan court house and market house in the mid-eighteenth...