Bishop Street Courthouse

The Bishop Street Courthouse is a judicial facility in Bishop Street, Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Bishop Street Courthouse
Bishop Street Courthouse
Bishop Street Courthouse
Location within Northern Ireland
General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical style
AddressDerry, County Londonderry
CountryNorthern Ireland
Coordinates54.9939°N 7.3239°W / 54.9939; -7.3239
Completed1822
Design and construction
ArchitectJohn Bowden

History

The building, which was designed by John Bowden in the Neoclassical style, was fully completed in 1817, though the first hearings were held in 1816.[1] Architectural critic Ian Nairn described it as “Derry’s best Georgian building”[2] in The Listener in December 1961, marking out the white sandstone brought locally from Dungiven to build it. 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, the Bishop Street Courthouse was used to discharge some county council functions.[3] On 19 January 2019 there was a car bomb attack on the Bishop Street Courthouse initiated as part of a Dissident Irish Republican campaign, the first such attack in several years.[4] There were no injuries from the attack.[5]

References
  1. "Bishop Street courthouse sets the bar in Derry". Derry Journal. 7 June 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. McGarrigle, NJ (25 April 2017). "Pre-Troubles Derry through Ian Nairn's eyes". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. "No. 1436". The Belfast Gazette. 31 December 1948. p. 326.
  4. Edwards, Mark (20 January 2019). "Police arrest further two men in connection with Londonderry car bomb attack". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. Moore, Aoife (29 January 2019). "Derry courthouse bombing claimed by 'the IRA'". The Irish News. Press Association. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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