County Hall, Omagh

During the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, meetings of Tyrone County Council were held at the Omagh 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 some open land which had previously formed part of the Millbank estate. The new building, which was designed by Ostick and Williams in the modern style, was completed in 1962. The design for the three-storey building involved an asymmetrical main…