The Former Courthouse

The Former Courthouse is a two-storey and attic public building dating from the 19th century. It features three bays plus one at the entrance front and four bays on the right side. The building is constructed with limestone facings and bath stone dressings, including flush-set quoins. It has a hipped slate roof that is supported by a wide bracket cornice, with brackets grouped in threes.

A deep sill band connects the attic window margins to the keystones of the tall round-arched windows on the first floor, which have panelled aprons. There is a moulded cornice above the ground-floor keystones that frame segmental-arched windows with impost bands. The piers exhibit banded rustication, with recessed aprons and stugged masonry on the lower courses. The sash windows are fitted with marginal glazing bars.

Above the main entrance, there is a cast-stone Royal Arms on a corbelled cornice, positioned over a blocked first-floor opening that once housed double three-panel doors. The left-hand bay has a basement that steps downhill, and the side elevation is slate with a stone stack above. The detailing on the Picton Place front is consistent with the rest of the building, featuring smaller doors and a slate-hung rear.