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ASSIZE COURT

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Court House built in 1773-77 to the designs of John Carr. The rear was altered and a new range added in 1818-21 by Peter Atkinson junior and Matthew Philips with the interior remodelled and a podium added circa 1835 by GT Andrews and PF Robinson. A further rear extension was built in 1870 and an extension was added to the right end in 1937. The building was restored in 1991 and is now in use as the Crown Court. The Court House was constructed from sandstone ashlar on a part limestone basement. The rear range is of brick rendered in Roman cement, with Roman cement mouldings. The hipped roofs are of slate.

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5343 CASTLE PRECINCT

The Assize Court
SE 6051 SW 21/114 14.6.54
SE 6051 SE 22/114

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1773-7. Architect: John Carr. The building stands on a terrace and is approached by a broad flight of steps. Ashlar; 2-storeys with a full height Ionic portico in the centre repeated by pseudo-porches at either end, dentil eaves cornice and pediment (with trophy in the tympanum) crowned by a figure of Justice, and the lion and the unicorn at cornice level. The roof balustrade terminates over the porches in a blind parapet with swags. Eleven windows, round headed in the ground storey, square headed above. Good interior with domed and galleried Crown Court and Civil Court. C19 additions at rear, the earlier by Atkinson. (1)

Court House built in 1773-77 to the designs of John Carr. The rear was altered and a new range added in 1818-21 to the designs of Peter Atkinson junior and Matthew Philips with the interior remodelled and a podium added in circa 1835 by GT Andrews and PF Robinson. A further rear extension was added in 1870 and an extension was added at the right end in 1937. The building was restored in 1991 and is now in use as the Crown Court. The Court House was constructed from samdstone ashlar on a part limestone basement. The rear range is of brick rendered in Roman cement, with Roman cement mouldings. The hipped roofs are of slate. (1-3)

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(1) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

City of York, 14-MAR-1997 1112-1 Page(s)134-6

(2) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, England 1972 An inventory of the historical monuments in the City of York. Volume II: the defences

Page(s)82

(3) by Nikolaus Pevsner and David Neave 1995 Yorkshire : York and the East Riding

The Buildings of England Page(s)191

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