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Swords Courthouse — North Street

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Swords Courthouse — North Street
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Detached three-bay single-storey courthouse built 1843, with double-height central block and flanking single-storey recessed wings. Designed by Alexander Tate.ROOF: Hidden behind parapet wall, double pitched; hipped slate; terracotta roof ridge tiles; tall limestone stacks to right & left with three yellow clay pots with decorative cornices; cast-iron rainwater goods; hipped slate roofs to flanking wings. WALLS: Coursed limestone with limestone quoining. OPENINGS: square headed tri-partite window with terracotta panel above with foliage moulding and limestone quoining; limestone lugged architrave & granite steps positioned in each side bay; double leaf timber doors .

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