Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Old Courthouse
Old Courthouse in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Old Courthouse is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Old Courthouse is a former judicial facility on Castlerock Road in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is a Grade B1 listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The foundation stone for the building was laid by a local magistrate, Charles Knox, on 24 November 1850. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage facing the corner of Castlerock Road and Captain Street Lower; the central section featured a tetrastyle portico with Doric order columns supporting a frieze and a pediment. The building was originally used as a facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which established county councils in every county, it also became a meeting place for Londonderry County Council. An extensive programme of renovation works was completed in 1908. It was subsequently left empty and…
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- Coordinates
- 55.1321, -6.6781
- Address
- Coleraine, County Londonderry
- Established
- 1859
- Official site
- causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q85790470 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Old Courthouse, Coleraine (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Old Courthouse?
- Old Courthouse is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.1321°, -6.6781°.
- When was Old Courthouse built?
- Old Courthouse dates to 1859.