County Hall, Coleraine

During the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, meetings of Londonderry County Council were held at the Coleraine 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 the site of a former manor house in the grounds of Coleraine Castle. The new building, which was designed by Smyth, Cowser and Partners in the modern style, was opened on 6 July 1970. The design for the seven-storey building involved continuous…