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Over the centuries, the courts and prison were developed and enlarged. In 1724, the courtroom floor collapsed. The Nottingham Courant in March 1724 recorded: [3]. On Monday morning after the Judge had gone into the County Hall, and a great crowd of people being there, a tracing or two that supported the floor broke and fell in and several people fell in with it, about three yards into the ...
However, as the number of court cases in Nottingham grew, it became necessary to commission a more substantial courthouse for criminal matters. The site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department on Canal Street was occupied by a row of shops (including a baker's shop owned by the amateur astronomer, Thomas Bush) [ 2 ] and an old canal-side ...
The building was designed by the Nottingham County Council Architect's Department with William Saunders Partnership and Cullen, Carter and Hill. [2] It sits on the site of Nottingham Carrington Street railway station and the gateposts still frame the pathway from Carrington Street to the court.
In 1996, all magistrates were moved to the new Nottingham Magistrates' Court building. [6] Between 1996 and 2010 the Guildhall was occupied by Nottingham City Council. In 2010 the council left for new, modern offices at Loxley House, close to Nottingham rail station. Since this date the building has remained council-owned but is relatively unused.
The lodgings had to be specially furnished for her stay at the expense of the Mayor of Nottingham. [4] In 1922 it was then converted to County Council offices, with additions in 1930. Two adjacent properties, 17 and 19, were demolished in 1931 to provide car parking for the court opposite. There were further additions to County House in 1949.
Keeping up with the ever-changing demands of maintaining a 108-year-old courthouse is a daunting task at best. But “at best” ended in March 2023 when a worker cut a water line above the 30 th ...
The Herald, Feb. 12, 1880, detailed courthouse project expenses. It lists $75 paid to contractor Philips for "the old courthouse bell" which may have been the cost of its refurbishment and ...
Nottingham Guild Hall in 1890. The Guildhall was abandoned in 1877 with the opening of the new Nottingham Guildhall, and the old town hall was demolished in 1895 when the Great Central Railway built a tunnel with the portal just underneath Weekday Cross. The courts moved to a newly built Nottingham Guildhall on Burton Street.