Skip to main content

This is a new service - your feedback (opens in new tab) will help us to improve it.

Listed building outline

The Court House, Castle Bank

Geographical area

About this entity

Fact links
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 MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.685322 55.165284, -1.685425 55.165288, -1.685529 55.165262, -1.685551 55.165281, -1.68565 55.165241, -1.685599 55.165198, -1.685719 55.16515, -1.685645 55.165087, -1.68563 55.165087, -1.68559 55.165053, -1.685592 55.165044, -1.685518 55.164982, -1.685396 55.16503, -1.685347 55.164987, -1.685245 55.165027, -1.685266 55.165045, -1.685259 55.165048, -1.685193 55.165092, -1.685161 55.165149, -1.685177 55.165205, -1.685223 55.165245, -1.685237 55.165256, -1.685322 55.165284))) Facts about Geometry
Point POINT (-1.68542 55.165145) Facts about Point
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:

{
        "entry-date": "2013-01-29",
        "start-date": "1950-08-11",
        "end-date": "",
        "entity": 42157060,
        "name": "The Court House, Castle Bank",
        "dataset": "listed-building-outline",
        "typology": "geography",
        "reference": "1303244",
        "prefix": "listed-building-outline",
        "organisation-entity": 220,
        "geometry": "MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.685322 55.165284, -1.685425 55.165288, -1.685529 55.165262, -1.685551 55.165281, -1.68565 55.165241, -1.685599 55.165198, -1.685719 55.16515, -1.685645 55.165087, -1.68563 55.165087, -1.68559 55.165053, -1.685592 55.165044, -1.685518 55.164982, -1.685396 55.16503, -1.685347 55.164987, -1.685245 55.165027, -1.685266 55.165045, -1.685259 55.165048, -1.685193 55.165092, -1.685161 55.165149, -1.685177 55.165205, -1.685223 55.165245, -1.685237 55.165256, -1.685322 55.165284)))",
        "point": "POINT (-1.68542 55.165145)",
        "quality": "authoritative",
        "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. ,",
        "listed-building": "1303244"
    }
Loading...

© Crown copyright and database right 2026

Licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.


Help improve this data

Give feedback on this dataset, or email your questions and corrections to digitalland@communities.gov.uk.