Listed building outline
The Court House, Castle Bank
Geographical area
About this entity
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| CURIE | listed-building-outline:1303244 | no fact link |
| Prefix | listed-building-outline | Facts about Prefix |
| Reference | 1303244 | Facts about Reference |
| Name | The Court House, Castle Bank | Facts about Name |
| Quality | Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source | no fact link |
| Dataset | Listed building outline | no fact link |
| Organisation | Northumberland County Council | no fact link |
| Start date | 1950-08-11 | Facts about Start date |
| End date | Facts about End date | |
| Entry date | 2013-01-29 | Facts about Entry date |
| Typology | geography | no fact link |
| Geometry |
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POINT (-1.68542 55.165145)
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| Notes | 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. , | Facts about Notes |
| Listed building | 1303244 | Facts about Listed building |
Available Code Snippets:
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