1850 – County Court House, Crumlin Rd, Belfast, Co. Antrim
Final design proposal for County Court House by Charles Lanyon. The building was largely completed as illustrated but since extended by Young and Mackenzie in 1905.
Final design proposal for County Court House by Charles Lanyon. The building was largely completed as illustrated but since extended by Young and Mackenzie in 1905.
The winning entry in an architectural competition in 1844 for a new courthouse. Won by local architect who had previously been articled to James Pain –
Policing Sydney’s harbour was the task of its Water Police. This court house and adjacent police office was built from Bennelong Point sandstone to the design of Colonial Architect Edmund Blacket.
The existing building originally erected between 1779 and 1782, as the new Courthouse for the Middlesex Quarter Sessions,
A much extended and altered building from 1822 by George Papworth. In 1858,
Richard Morrison’s original building of 1807 stood well back from the pavement on a site which had been chosen in 1797 for a Sessions House to replace the decayed 17th Century building further up the main street.
Building still extant but no longer in use as probate court. Published in The Building News,
Designed by Alfred Waterhouse in the neo-Gothic style, construction began in 1859 and was completed in 1864.
View from The Strand published in The Building News, May 15th 1867. Unsuccessful design for new Royal Courts of Justice.
Design submitted by J.P. Seddon, for the Royal Courts of Justice competition in London, which was won by George Edmund Street.