The Court House is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1950. Courthouse. 9 related planning applications.
The Court House
- WRENN ID
- calm-string-rain
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1950
- Type
- Courthouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MORPETH CASTLE BANK NZ 2085
25/217 The Court House 11.8.50
GV II*
Former courthouse, and gateway to former gaol; now restaurant and apartments. 1822 by John Dobson. Ashlar. Castellated Gothic style. Massive square front block with square side towers and 8-sided apsidal back. 3 storeys, 3 bays. Central Tudor-arched carriage entry in 2-storey pointed-arched recess with triple-chamfered arch; 2-light Decorated window on 1st floor and very large Civic crest on second floor. Canted outer bays have large broached buttresses at the corners. Small diamond-paned windows with shouldered lintels on 1st floor and large mullioned-and-transomed crosses with shouldered lintels on 2nd floor. Battlemented parapet on large close-set triple-stop corbels.
Vaulted passageway through building has one bay of rib vault then pointed tunnel vault with transverse ribs.
Interior: Gothic, stone imperial stair with plaster lierne vault. Former courtroom, now bar and restaurant, has elaborate Tudor-Gothic ceiling divided into 8 large triangles with large moulded principal ribs on arched braces; each triangle sub-divided by smaller ribs and cross ribs and with tracery at the apex. 8-sided, canted stone screen with 8 pointed-arched doorways, and pierced parapet with Tudor-rose panels.
Listing NGR: NZ2013585698
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