
What is recorded here
Detached three-bay single-storey courthouse, built 1912, with recessed entrance bay to either end. Vacant, 2002. Roughcast rendered walls with projecting smooth base. Timber casement windows to central three-bay section, timber sashes to sides and rere. Timber panelled door to north. Hipped tile roof with red brick chimney stack. High parapet to central section with cornice, dentil eaves course and recessed name plaque.
A pleasantly-detailed, restrained courthouse, almost domestic in scale, which shows the evolution of courthouse design, an is an important element of local history and of the strreetscape.
This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.
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Photo: A.-K. D. · CC BY-SA 4.0