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Lismore Courthouse
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Lismore Courthouse
Location within Ireland
General information
Architectural style Neoclassical style
AddressMain Street, Lismore
Country Ireland
Coordinates 52°08′13″N7°55′57″W / 52.1370°N 7.9325°W / 52.1370; -7.9325
Completed1815
Design and construction
Architect(s) John Carr

Lismore Courthouse, also referred to as Lismore Town Hall, [1] [2] [3] is a former judicial and municipal building in Main Street in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland. It is currently used as a heritage centre and tourist information centre.

History

The building was commissioned by the local landowner, William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, whose seat was at Lismore Castle. [4] It was designed by John Carr in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in around 1815. [5]

The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto Main Street. The central bay, which was slightly projected forward, featured a porch formed by Doric order columns supporting an entablature and cornice on the ground floor, and a tall round headed window on the first floor, all surmounted by a pediment. The outer bays were fenestrated by sash windows on both floors. There was originally a central cupola behind the pediment. Internally, the principal rooms were a market hall on the ground floor and a courtroom on the first floor. [6]

Following the adoption of the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Act 1854 in 1855, [7] the newly appointed town commissioners and magistrates used the courtroom for their board meetings and petty sessions respectively on alternating Saturdays. [8] It thereby started to serve as the local town hall as well as the courthouse. [9] The building was refurbished in 1890, when the cupola was replaced by a square clock tower with wide eaves and a shallow pyramid-shaped roof. [4] By the early 20th century, it was covered in neatly-clipped ivy. [10]

The building was badly burned in rioting on 8 June 1920 during the Irish War of Independence, but was fully restored in 1924. [11] The courtroom on the first floor was subsequently used as a community events venue hosting dances and other functions. [12] [13] The Courts Service ceased using the building as a courthouse in 1985. [14]

Following completion of an extensive programme of refurbishment works, the building was re-opened by the chairman of Bord Fáilte, Martin Dully, as the Lismore Heritage Centre in May 1992. [15] The courtroom was refurbished to a design by Shaffey Architects and brought back into use as a district court in 2006, but the Courts Service announced in February 2022 that, after hearings had been relocated to Dungarvan, the courtroom would close again for judicial use. [16]

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