Enniscorthy Courthouse — Court Street

Detached three-bay two-storey courthouse, built 1820, on a T-shaped plan centred on single-bay (three-bay deep) double-height projecting breakfront with single-bay single-storey flat-roofed projecting porch; five-bay two-storey rear (east) elevation. Refenestrated, 1998. Closed, 2004. Now disused. Pitched slate roof on a T-shaped plan behind parapet centred on hipped slate roof (breakfront), terracotta ridge tiles, and concealed rainwater goods retaining cast-iron octagonal or ogee hoppers and downpipes. Rendered, ruled and lined walls on rendered chamfered plinth with rendered, ruled and lined monolithic "pilasters" to corners supporting moss-covered cut-granite cornice below parapet. Square-headed door openings with poured concrete ramps, and cut-granite surrounds with hood mouldings on blind friezes framing timber panelled doors. Square-headed window openings (first floor) with cut-granite sills, and concealed dressings framing replacement six-over-six uPVC sash windows. Square-headed window openings (breakfront) with cut-granite sills, and rendered "bas-relief" surrounds framing replacement six-over-six uPVC sash windows. Square-headed opposing door openings (porch) with concealed dressings framing timber panelled doors. Interior including vestibule (west) with tessellated terracotta tiled floor; square-headed door opening into courtroom with timber panelled double doors; full-height courtroom with timber panelled benches, timber boarded Grand Jury galleries on cast-iron pillars, and dentilated moulded plasterwork cornice to ceiling. Set in landscaped grounds on a corner site with paired cut-granite piers to perimeter having cut-granite capping supporting wrought iron gates.