Ardara Heritage Centre — The Diamond

Attached three-bay two-storey former court house, built c. 1860, having central slightly advanced gable-fronted breakfront with segmental-headed carriage-arch (now infilled). Possibly later rebuilt c. 1912 as a market house. Now in use as heritage centre (since 1992) with theatre room and café to site; modern additions to the rear (east). Pitched natural slate roof with projecting cut stone eaves course, raised rendered copings to either end (north and south), coursed squared granite chimneystacks to either end having projecting cut stone coping and with clay ware pots over, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Cut stone coping to breakfront. Coursed and squared granite rubble walls over projecting ashlar plinth course, and with flush ashlar granite block-and-start quoins to the corners. Flush dressed ashlar stringcourse to breakfront over first floor window openings. Round clock face to gable apex of breakfront. Square-headed windows openings having dressed ashlar sandstone surrounds and lintels (pyramidal-shaped Greek lintels at ground floor level), cut stone sills, and replacement one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Tripartite square-headed window opening to breakfront at first floor level having dressed ashlar sandstone surrounds and lintels, ashlar sandstone lintels, and with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Projecting cut stone sill course at first floor level. Segmental-headed former carriage-arch to breakfront, now infilled with modern glazed timber doors, sidelights, and overlight, having dressed ashlar voussoirs, and with flush ashlar sandstone. Road-fronted to the north-east corner of the Diamond to the centre of Ardara.