The Courthouse Station

The Courthouse Station is a former court house building constructed in 1861 by Reeves. It is built of ashlar stone and features a Welsh slate roof. The building is Italianate in style, consisting of two storeys and an attic, and is located on a corner site with a façade that has six by five bays. The near-symmetrical front has a rusticated ground floor with vermiculated quoins. There are doorways in the first and fourth bays, with the fourth bay featuring consoles that support a break in the ground-floor cornice, which is topped by the Royal coat of arms. The ground-floor openings have segmental heads with elongated vermiculated keystones and plain raised architraves. The sash windows include marginal glazing, while the tall round-arched first-floor windows are archivolted and also have elongated vermiculated keystones and spandrels. The piers between the windows are adorned with vermiculated panels, and the windows have sunken aprons and dentilled sills. The first-floor windows are six-light casements with circular wooden tracery at the heads. A deep frieze with paired consoles supports the heavy modillioned eaves cornice, above which are small attic windows. The hipped roof is complemented by ornamental ashlar stacks with vermiculated panels, cornices, and caps. The right return elevation mirrors the front, featuring two blind ground-floor windows.

Inside, the building has a staircase with decorative iron balusters and a ramped wooden handrail. The first-floor hall is highlighted by round-arched bays marked by pilasters and a panelled ceiling. The building was repurposed as a railway station in 1870 and served in that capacity until 1962.