Court House

PONTEFRACT FRONT STREET SE 4521 NW (north side) 7/23 Court House (formerly listed as County 29.7.50 Police Offices Session House, under Corn Market)

GV II

Court house, now partly offices. 1807. By Charles Watson. Ashlar, horizontally rusticated to main front, with Welsh slate roof. Two storeys and 9 bays with lower two-storey single bay to left. Plinth. Two outer bays to either side advanced and 3 central bays with full-height Ionic portico columns on deep plinths, entablature with plain frieze and pediment above with Royal achievement. Central doorcase had double panelled door below plain overlight in doorcase with consoled cornice. To either side there are 4 tall sash windows with glazing bars, plus similar to left-hand bay. Above, 9 similar sashes with projecting sills and a fixed 9-pane window in partially-blocked opening to left-hand bay. Moulded stone cornice with blocking course, except to left-hand bay which has plain eaves. Hipped roofs throughout. Rear elevation has full-height canted bays to either side and wide 5-bay shallow bow between. Steps to central doorcase with panelled jambs, consoled cornice, C20 double-panelled door and plain overlight. Tall sashes with glazing bars to either side and to the canted bays. 11 similar sashes above with projecting sills. Cornice and blocking course as front. To either side of central bow are original partly-fluted hopper-heads to downpipes. Interior completely remodelled c.1960. Derek Linstrum, West Yorkshire Architects and Architecture (1978), p. 334.

Listing NGR: SE4535521962