Kilkenny Courthouse

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Kilkenny Courthouse
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Kilkenny Courthouse
Location within Ireland
General information
Architectural style Neoclassical style
Address Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
Country Ireland
Coordinates 52°39′15″N7°15′14″W / 52.6542°N 7.254°W / 52.6542; -7.254
Completed1792
Design and construction
Architect(s)Sir Jerome Fitzpatrick

Kilkenny Courthouse, also known as Grace's Castle, is a judicial facility in Parliament Street, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland. [1]

History

The site was previously occupied by Grace's Castle, a structure dating back to the 13th century. [2] It was used as a prison from 1566 and some of the features of these aspects of the earlier building still survive at basement level. [3] The current building, which was designed by Sir Jerome Fitzpatrick in the neoclassical style and built in ashlar stone, was completed in 1792. [2] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage facing Parliament Street; it was arcaded on the ground floor with flights of steps leading up to the end bays; the central section featured a tetrastyle portico on the first floor with Doric order columns supporting an entablature and a modillioned pediment. [2]

The building was originally designed as a judicial facility, but following the implementation of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, it also became the meeting place of Kilkenny County Council. [4] By the second half of the 20th century the county council had moved to new offices at John's Green House. [5]

References

  1. "Kilkenny Courthouse on DoChara".
  2. 1 2 3 "Kilkenny City Courthouse, Gardens, County Kilkenny". Buildings of Ireland. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage . Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. "Kilkenny: A Strategic Tourism Development and Implementation Plan for the City" (PDF). Museum Insider. 1 August 2012. p. 51. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  4. "About Us". Kilkenny County Council. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. "Local Authorities". Oireachtas. 26 May 1982. Retrieved 26 October 2019.