Northampton Crown Court

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Northampton Crown Court
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Northampton Crown Court
LocationLady's Lane, Northampton
Coordinates 52°14′27″N0°53′37″W / 52.2408°N 0.8936°W / 52.2408; -0.8936 Coordinates: 52°14′27″N0°53′37″W / 52.2408°N 0.8936°W / 52.2408; -0.8936
Built1991
Architectural style(s) Modern style
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Shown in Northamptonshire

Northampton Crown Court is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases at Lady's Lane in Northampton, England.

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History

Until the late 1980s, criminal court hearings in Northampton were held in the Sessions House. [1] [2] However, as the number of court cases in Northampton grew, it became necessary to commission a more substantial courthouse for criminal matters. The site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department had accommodated a series of rows of terraced housing (Kerr Street and Park Street) before the area was cleared. [3]

The building was designed by Kit Allsopp architects, [4] built in buff stone at a cost of £11.5 million, [5] and was completed in 1987. [6] The design involved two gabled sections connected by a recessed glass atrium facing onto Lady's Lane. The right hand gabled section was fenestrated by a small square window on the ground floor and featured a prominent Royal coat of arms mounted on the brickwork at first floor level. Internally, the building was equipped with four courtrooms. [7] The design won the Summer Exhibition Award from the Royal Academy of Arts in 1986. [6] As a second-tier court, the complex was originally commissioned to deal solely with criminal cases, [8] but was later remodelled to include provision for the County Court, which deals with civil cases, and the Family Court as well. [9]

Notable cases

Notable cases heard at the courthouse include:

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  1. ↑ The Solicitors' and Barristers' Directory and Diary. Vol. 1. The Law Society. 1986. p. 26.
  2. ↑ "The noose is around the neck of Northampton's old County Hall". The Nene Quirer. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ordnance Survey Map". 1914. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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  6. 1 2 "British Architecture". Hansard. 30 March 1988. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Northampton Crown Court". The Law Pages. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  8. ↑ Whitaker's Concise Almanack 2012. Whitaker's. p. 320.
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