County Court Building

The County Court Building is a large Classical structure built in the late 19th century. It features rusticated ashlar stonework with alternating vermiculated courses at the ground floor level. The building has a hipped slate roof with a tall eaves stack that includes a bracketed cornice. It stands 2½ storeys high and has a dentilled cornice above the ground floor and a plain cornice above the first floor. The facade consists of six bays with a very broad eaves cornice supported by long consoles that extend the full height of the half storey, between which are small rectangular windows.

To the left of the building is a doorway that displays the Royal coat of arms above it. The ground floor windows and the fanlight over the doorway feature shallow segmental heads with long keystones that support the ground floor cornice, which has a frieze inscribed in capitals: "DEWSBURY COUNTY COURT." The windows are set in architraves and have apron and raised sill bands on consoles. The first-floor casement windows are round arched with guilloche detailing and have pilaster jambs. The sides of the building are three bays wide and include semi-circular windows. At the rear, there is a two-storey lower addition of similar date, featuring ashlar stonework and a two-bay arcaded portico with a broad bracketed cornice and a blocking course.