Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB06/12/026

Address :
Court House Victoria Road Larne Co Antrim

Townland:
Town Parks

---

Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Court House

Former Use
Court House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
Yes

Derelict:
No

---

OS Map No:
70/8 SW

IG Ref:
D4023 0280

---

Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

A gabled courthouse of two-storey height designed in a freely treated Classical style, with a large segmental rusticated arch recess in the main gable containing three windows surmounted by blind panels, and a segmental pediment over the Tuscan pilastered doorway to a porch on the east side; rendered walls and slated roof; modern gabled extension to the rear. The building stands in a detached position within the built-up area of the town, set back slightly from the pavement behind its original low stone boundary wall and railings, and surrounded by modern security fencing. It is flanked to the left by two-storey terrace houses and to the right by a detached former cottage hospital now converted to offices.

Architects

Close, Samuel P

Historical Information

Built in 1903; architect, Samuel P. Close. This building lies in the area of a scheduled monument, no. ANT 40:35. References - Secondary 1. C.E.B. Brett, Court Houses and Market Houses of the Province of Ulster (U.A.H.S., Belfast, 1973), p 33.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

An Edwardian court house designed by a prominent local architect which retains original features to its entrance façade, but which has otherwise been substantially altered..

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 February 1998