The Court House and Inspectors House with Front Wall and Gate
The Court House and Inspectors House with Front Wall and Gate, Westgate
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SE 4281
157/8/10003
SOWERBY
WESTGATE (south east side)
The Court House and Inspectors House with Front Wall and Gate
09.12.1998
II
Court House and attached inspector's house with front wall and gate. c1840, converted and new court house added 1885-86. Inspector's house to left built as the original court house in c1840. Brick with painted ashlar dressings and shallow hipped slate roof. Three tall wall stacks, two storey. Entrance front has three windows. Central doorway with panel door and overlight in projecting round headed door surround with painted impost blocks and hood. Either side single plain sashes with painted ashlar cills and lintels. Above three similar windows, the central one slightly narrower.
Court House added 1885-86. Stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Single storey. Chamfered plinth. Lower entrance linkjoins the Inspector's house to the new court house to right. Entrance has projecting ashlar doorway with double panel doors and overlight set into pilastered surround topped with frieze inscribed COURT HOUSE and surmounted by a pediment. Court room to right articulated with plain Doric pilasters on raised base, the main front has six pilasters under entablature and broad pediment with circular window. Central broad sash window with narrower sashes at the sides. Side facade has projecting central section with corner pilasters and a large tripartite sash window under another broad pediment. Either side single narrow sash windows.
INTERIOR has finely detailed classical style courtroom with wooden panelled dado rail and matching panelled court seating. Walls are decorated with fluted Doric pilasters and a triple arched arcade to the rear. Windows and doors have very crisply detailed plaster surrounds and wall panels, coffered ceiling has similar plasterwork. The new courthouse added in 1885-86 cost £796. 8sh. 5d. C20 extension to rear not of special interest.
Listing NGR: SE4279981878
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272057
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1998
- List Entry Name:
- The Court House and Inspectors House with Front Wall and Gate
- Statutory Address:
- The Court House and Inspectors House with Front Wall and Gate, Westgate
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1272057
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1998
- List Entry Name:
- The Court House and Inspectors House with Front Wall and Gate
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Court House and Inspectors House with Front Wall and Gate, Westgate
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The Court House and Inspectors House with Front Wall and Gate, Westgate
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Sowerby
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 42799 81878
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 December 2025 to reformat the text to current standards
SE 4281
157/8/10003
SOWERBY
WESTGATE (south east side)
The Court House and Inspectors House with Front Wall and Gate
09.12.1998
II
Court House and attached inspector's house with front wall and gate. c1840, converted and new court house added 1885-86. Inspector's house to left built as the original court house in c1840. Brick with painted ashlar dressings and shallow hipped slate roof. Three tall wall stacks, two storey. Entrance front has three windows. Central doorway with panel door and overlight in projecting round headed door surround with painted impost blocks and hood. Either side single plain sashes with painted ashlar cills and lintels. Above three similar windows, the central one slightly narrower.
Court House added 1885-86. Stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Single storey. Chamfered plinth. Lower entrance linkjoins the Inspector's house to the new court house to right. Entrance has projecting ashlar doorway with double panel doors and overlight set into pilastered surround topped with frieze inscribed COURT HOUSE and surmounted by a pediment. Court room to right articulated with plain Doric pilasters on raised base, the main front has six pilasters under entablature and broad pediment with circular window. Central broad sash window with narrower sashes at the sides. Side facade has projecting central section with corner pilasters and a large tripartite sash window under another broad pediment. Either side single narrow sash windows.
INTERIOR has finely detailed classical style courtroom with wooden panelled dado rail and matching panelled court seating. Walls are decorated with fluted Doric pilasters and a triple arched arcade to the rear. Windows and doors have very crisply detailed plaster surrounds and wall panels, coffered ceiling has similar plasterwork. The new courthouse added in 1885-86 cost £796. 8sh. 5d. C20 extension to rear not of special interest.
Listing NGR: SE4279981878
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 December 2025 to reformat the text to current standards
SE 4281
157/8/10003
SOWERBY
WESTGATE (south east side)
The Court House and Inspectors House with Front Wall and Gate
09.12.1998
II
Court House and attached inspector's house with front wall and gate. c1840, converted and new court house added 1885-86. Inspector's house to left built as the original court house in c1840. Brick with painted ashlar dressings and shallow hipped slate roof. Three tall wall stacks, two storey. Entrance front has three windows. Central doorway with panel door and overlight in projecting round headed door surround with painted impost blocks and hood. Either side single plain sashes with painted ashlar cills and lintels. Above three similar windows, the central one slightly narrower.
Court House added 1885-86. Stone with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. Single storey. Chamfered plinth. Lower entrance linkjoins the Inspector's house to the new court house to right. Entrance has projecting ashlar doorway with double panel doors and overlight set into pilastered surround topped with frieze inscribed COURT HOUSE and surmounted by a pediment. Court room to right articulated with plain Doric pilasters on raised base, the main front has six pilasters under entablature and broad pediment with circular window. Central broad sash window with narrower sashes at the sides. Side facade has projecting central section with corner pilasters and a large tripartite sash window under another broad pediment. Either side single narrow sash windows.
INTERIOR has finely detailed classical style courtroom with wooden panelled dado rail and matching panelled court seating. Walls are decorated with fluted Doric pilasters and a triple arched arcade to the rear. Windows and doors have very crisply detailed plaster surrounds and wall panels, coffered ceiling has similar plasterwork. The new courthouse added in 1885-86 cost £796. 8sh. 5d. C20 extension to rear not of special interest.
Listing NGR: SE4279981878
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 472698
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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