Crumlin Road Courthouse

Crumlin Road Courthouse
Crumlin Road Courthouse
LocationCrumlin Road, Belfast
Coordinates54°36′29″N 5°56′35″W / 54.608°N 5.943°W / 54.608; -5.943
Built1850
ArchitectCharles Lanyon
Architectural style(s)Neoclassical style
Listed Building – Grade B+
Official nameCourthouse, Crumlin Road, Belfast
Designated4 February 1988
Reference no.HB 26/35/006
Crumlin Road Courthouse is located in Northern Ireland
Crumlin Road Courthouse
Shown in Northern Ireland

The Crumlin Road Courthouse is a former judicial facility on Crumlin Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is a Grade B+ listed building.[1]

History

The building, which was designed by the architect, Charles Lanyon, in the Neoclassical style, was completed in 1850.[2][3] It was built just across the road from the Crumlin Road Gaol which had opened a few years earlier and to which it was connected by an underground passage.[2] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with fifteen bays facing onto Crumlin Road; the central section featured a hexastyle portico with Corinthian order columns supporting an entablature and a pediment containing the Royal coat of arms.[1] A sculpture representing justice by William Boyton Kirk was installed at the apex of the pediment.[1]

The building was originally used as a facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which established county councils in every county, it also became the meeting place for Antrim County Council.[4] The building was enlarged to the designs of architects, Young and Mackenzie, in 1906.[1] In the 1960s, county leaders decided that the courthouse was too cramped to accommodate the county council in the context of the county council's increasing administrative responsibilities, especially while the courthouse was still acting as a facility for dispensing justice, and therefore chose to move to new premises at County Hall in Ballymena in 1970.[5]

Pending the opening of the Laganside Courts Complex,[6] judicial hearings were temporarily transferred to other courts to allow the Crumlin Road Courthouse to close in June 1998.[7] The Crumlin Road Courthouse was sold to local investor Barry Gilligan in September 2003 for £1. His plans for the courthouse included redeveloping it as a tourist attraction and a hotel.[8] The courthouse suffered significant damage in a fire on 12 March 2009[9] and in two fires in August 2009.[10]

After the former Crumlin Road Gaol building directly across the road became a visitor attraction in November 2012,[11] there was extensive discussion about as to how the area could be regenerated.[12][13] In March 2017, Lawrence Kenwright, from the Signature Living Group, bought the courthouse site and announced plans to convert the building into a hotel.[14][15] The building was further damaged in yet another large fire on 1 June 2020.[16] In 2024, the courthouse was purchased by property developer and Donegal Orange Order Grand Master, David Mahon.[17] Potential new uses reportedly include a hotel or a hospital.[18][19] The building is pending redevelopment.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Courthouse, Crumlin Road, Belfast". Department for Communities. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Crumlin Road Courthouse". Ulster architectural heritage. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Crumlin Road Courthouse". Northern Ireland Court Service. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. ^ "No. 2357". The Belfast Gazette. 29 April 1966. p. 155.
  5. ^ "County hall, Galgorm Road, Ballymena, County Antrim: the Chichester Hall with the council suite to the left". Royal Institute of British Architects. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Famous courthouse closes its doors". Belfast Telegraph. 17 June 1998. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. ^ N I Courts Service Archived 2009-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ McCann, Nuala (12 September 2006). "UK | Northern Ireland | Courthouse hotel evokes ghosts of past". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  9. ^ "UK | Northern Ireland | Court fire 'started deliberately'". BBC News. 12 March 2009.
  10. ^ "Two blazes in two days leave courthouse a blackened shell". Belfast Telegraph. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Crumlin Road Gaol". Visit Belfast. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Draft Crumlin area plan" (PDF). Belfast City Countil. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Belfast Masterplan 2004". Belfast City Council. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Crumlin Road courthouse to be converted into hotel". BBC News. 14 March 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Belfast's Crumlin Road court to become hotel". Belfast Telegraph. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  16. ^ "UK | Northern Ireland | Crumlin Road courthouse: Police say fire was deliberate". BBC News. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  17. ^ "'Listed building with endless possibilities'". BBC News. 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Orange Order chief buys listed Belfast courthouse to transform it into hotel". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 17 July 2024. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Private hospital bid being considered by new owner of Crumlin Road Courthouse". The Irish News. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  20. ^ "'Just imagine the people who have walked through that tunnel… some of them to be hanged': The history of Belfast's forgotten courthouse". 20 July 2024. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

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