Galway Courthouse

Court house in Galway, Ireland, dating from 1810–1820

Freestanding court house, built 1815, having five-bay single-storey front façade with slightly advanced end bays, and projecting Doric-style portico, with five-bay two-storey over half-basement side elevations, and slightly recessed lower three-bay two-storey over half-basement returns forming two-storey advanced pedimented end-bays of rear, flanking four-bay two-storey over basement pedimented recessed section. Main rear pediment has clock to tympanum with moulded render surround. Hipped slate roof with central roof-light, carved limestone parapet, rendered chimneystacks, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with moulded limestone cornice to front and side elevations of main block. Ashlar limestone front façade with cut-stone plinth continuing to side elevations of main block, end bays of front façade have round-headed recesses with niches and trophies of justice in relief above plat band, and all window openings and niches have rectangular panels to aprons. Plat band becomes moulded cornice to portico. Portico has dentillated architrave, panel to frieze and rolled cornice to entablature over lower frieze with lions' head decorations above columns. Painted lined-and-ruled rendered walls to side and rear elevations, having limestone quoins to main block, plat band to mid-level of upper windows, continuing as cornice to lower block, with further cut-stone eaves course to sides of main

Type:
Court house

Period:
1810–1820

Where:
Galway, Ireland

Coordinates:
53.28°N, 9.05°W

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