Manorhamilton Courthouse, court house in County Leitrim

What is recorded here

Manorhamilton Courthouse had a fire engine house tucked beside it, which offered a splendid imaginary defence: “Yes, Your Honour, I set the shed alight, but would you look at the convenience of bringing me in.”

Detached three-bay single-storey court house, built in 1835. Hipped slate roof M-profile and with chimneystack to rear. Roughly dressed random coursed limestone walls with yellow brick cornice. Double timber sash windows with spoked fanlights over in recessed round-headed openings with cut sandstone surrounds. Replacement timber door with fanlight to round-headed opening with stone surround. Timber battened door with overlight to north elevation. Flat-roofed former fire engine house recessed to south side of court house. Building accessed through cut limestone piers having wrought-iron gates. Front of site now used as a car park.

Court houses were built in many towns throughout Ireland during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by the Grand Juries. This impressive building occupies a prominent site leading onto the Main Street of Manorhamilton and is one of the most notable buildings within the town. The well-executed stonework enhances the architectural form of the building.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30805005

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