Justiciary Buildings, Glasgow

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Justiciary Buildings
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Justiciary Buildings
Location Saltmarket, Glasgow
Coordinates 55°51′13″N4°14′49″W / 55.8537°N 4.2469°W / 55.8537; -4.2469 Coordinates: 55°51′13″N4°14′49″W / 55.8537°N 4.2469°W / 55.8537; -4.2469
Built1814
Architect William Stark
Architectural style(s) Neoclassical style
Listed Building – Category A
Official nameJusticiary Courts, excluding extension to Mart Street, 212 Saltmarket Street, Glasgow
Designated15 December 1970
Reference no.LB32844
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The Justiciary Buildings is a judicial complex in the Saltmarket in Glasgow, Scotland. The complex, which operates in conjunction with similar facilities in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, is dedicated for the use of the High Court of Justiciary, which is the supreme criminal court in Scotland. It is a Category A listed building. [1]

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History

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Mart Street entrance, part of the 1997 extension

The building was commissioned to replace the Glasgow Tolbooth at Glasgow Cross as the main municipal and judicial building in Glasgow. It was designed by William Stark in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1814. [1] [2] [3]

The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with seventeen bays facing onto the Saltmarket. The central section of five bays was formed by a full-height hexastyle portico with Doric order columns supporting an entablature, a frieze with triglyphs and a pediment. The wing sections, of five bays each, featured pedimented doorways in the central bay and were fenestrated by sash windows. The end bays, which slightly projected forward, were fenestrated by cross windows on the ground floor and by tripartite windows on the first floor; they were flanked by full height pairs of pilasters supporting an entablature, a frieze with triglyphs and a parapet. The central pediment above the portico originally contained the coat of arms of the City of Glasgow in the tympanum. [4] Internally, the principal rooms were the Justiciary Hall, which was located in the centre of the range behind the portico, the burgh courtroom, which was located to the north of the Justiciary Hall, and the city council chamber, which was located to the south of the Justiciary Hall. The lord provost's room and the offices of the town clerks were on the first floor. [4]

A tunnel took condemned prisoners from the Justiciary Hall to the place of execution in Jocelyn Square, then known as Jail Square: 67 men and four women were publicly hanged in the square. [5] [6] The building became wholly dedicated to judicial use after the city council relocated to the city and county buildings in Wilson Street in 1844. [7] [8]

In the early 20th century, it was decided to remodel the complex, in conjunction with similar facilities in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, for the exclusive use of the High Court of Justiciary, which is the supreme criminal court in Scotland. The work was undertaken to a design by James Hoey Craigie of Clarke & Bell between 1910 and 1913. [1] The building was significantly extended to the rear to a design by TBV Consult, the architectural arm of Tarmac Construction, in 1997. [9] [10] The complex was further extended in 2007, and again in 2016, in order to increase the capacity of the complex to nine courtrooms. [11]

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  1. 1 2 3 Historic Environment Scotland. "Justiciary Courts, excluding extension to Mart Street, 212 Saltmarket Street, Glasgow (LB32844)" . Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Glasgow, 212 Saltmarket, Justiciary Building (44249)". Canmore . Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Glasgow Green Court-house (now known as 'High Courts'), reconstructed as Justiciary Courts by J H Craigie". Scran.ac.uk. 5 January 1998. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 M'Ure, J. (1873). Glasghu facies: a view of the city of Glasgow; or, An account of its origin, rise, and progress. Glasgow: J. Tweed. p. 397–398.
  5. ↑ "The secret Saltmarket tunnel that transported criminals to the hangman's noose". Glasgow Live. 9 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Justiciary Courthouse". Clydewaterfront. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Ray McKenzie (2002). Public Sculpture of Glasgow. University Press. ISBN   9780853239376 . Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "City and County Buildings and second Merchants' House". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "History". TPS Consult. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Judiciary Court Houses". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Glasgow High Court". Scottish Courts and Tribunals. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
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