Old Courthouse, Coleraine

The Old Courthouse is a former judicial facility on Castlerock Road in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Old Courthouse, Coleraine
Old Courthouse, Coleraine
Old Courthouse, Coleraine
Location within Northern Ireland
General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical style
AddressColeraine, County Londonderry
CountryNorthern Ireland
Coordinates55.1320°N 6.6777°W / 55.1320; -6.6777
Completed1852
Design and construction
ArchitectStewart Gordon

History

The building, which was designed by Stewart Gordon in the Neoclassical style, was completed in 1852.[1] 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.[2] The county council moved to County Hall in Coleraine in 1970.[3] After the judicial functions of the courthouse were transferred to modern facilities in Mountsandel Road, the old courthouse closed in 1985.[4] It was subsequently converted for leisure use and re-opened as a public house in 2000.[5]

References
  1. "Derry City cemetery series: from professional triumph to personal tragedy: the story of Derry's Gordon family". Derry Now. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "The late Lieutenant Colonel Lenox-Conyngham". Belfast Newsletter. 23 October 1916. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. Rowan, Alistair (1979). North West Ulster: The Counties of London Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh and Tyrone. Yale University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0300096675.
  4. "Information on our Court Offices". Northern Ireland Department of Justice. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. "Coleraine Wetherspoons Sold!". Coleraine Times. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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