County Hall, Ballymena

During the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, meetings of Antrim County Council were held at the Crumlin Road Courthouse. In the 1960s, county leaders decided that the courthouse was too cramped to accommodate the county council in the context of the county council's increasing administrative responsibilities, especially while the courthouse was still acting as a facility for dispensing justice, and therefore chose to acquire additional premises on a site in the north east corner of the Galgorm Castle estate. The new building, which was designed by Burman Goodall & Partners in the modern style, was completed in 1970. The design for the five-storey building involved…