Wakefield Court House

Last updated November 27, 2023

Wakefield Court House is a historic building in the city centre of Wakefield, a city in West Yorkshire, in England.

The building was constructed in 1810, to house the court of quarter sessions. It was extended between 1849 and 1850, and in the 1880s. It later served as the Crown Court and as a County Court, but closed in 1992. It was sold for redevelopment, but little work was undertaken, and the building fell into disrepair. It was purchased by Wakefield Council in 2018, with plans to convert it into a performance space,^[1]^[2] but in 2023 the council decided that the plan was unviable, and instead sold it to a private developer, Rushbond.^[3]

The building is in the Greek Revival style. It is built of sandstone, and is two storeys high. It has a large Doric order portico. There are single-storey side wings, and there is a two-storey section to the left, set further back.^[4]

The building has been Grade II* listed since 1971.^[4]

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References

↑ "Wakefield Court House". Wakefield Historical Society. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
↑ Gardner, Tony (1 February 2023). "Wakefield Crown Court: 200-year-old former court building in Yorkshire to be turned into 'performance space'". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
↑ Gardner, Tony (14 June 2023). "Council hands old Crown Court and coroner's court buildings to developer as civic quarter regeneration scheme becomes 'financially unviable'". Wakefield Express. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
1 2 Historic England. "Crown Court House (1258996)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 November 2023.

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[whs-1] "Wakefield Court House". Wakefield Historical Society. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

[2] Gardner, Tony (1 February 2023). "Wakefield Crown Court: 200-year-old former court building in Yorkshire to be turned into 'performance space'". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

[3] Gardner, Tony (14 June 2023). "Council hands old Crown Court and coroner's court buildings to developer as civic quarter regeneration scheme becomes 'financially unviable'". Wakefield Express. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

[nhle-4] 1 2 Historic England. "Crown Court House (1258996)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 5 November 2023.

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