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Shire Hall is an 18th-century courthouse in Dorchester, Dorset. The building was the centre of law, order and government, and served as the county hall for Dorset until 1955. It has been Grade I listed since 1950. [1] In 2018, the hall opened as the Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum. [2]
The Shire Hall is a public building in Stafford, England, completed in 1798 to a design by John Harvey. [1] [2] Formerly a courthouse, it housed an art gallery which closed to the public in July 2017. [3] [4] The court rooms and cells are preserved. [1]
In the 19th century the Shire Hall in Market Square became well established as the venue for judicial meetings and civic functions in the county. [2] Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1888, which established county councils in every county, there was a need to find offices and a meeting place for Staffordshire County Council. [3]
However, as the number of court cases in Stafford grew, it became necessary to commission a more modern courthouse for both Crown Court hearings and County Court hearings. The site selected by the Lord Chancellor's Department , on the east side of Victoria Square, had been occupied by an old cattle market.
Then in October 2020, following an application for a certificate of immunity from listing requested by the county council, English Heritage decided not to list County Hall as the building did not meet the criteria for listing post-1945 buildings. [19] In May 2021 the Twentieth Century Society placed the site on its Top 10 Buildings at Risk List ...
The Shire Hall is owned by Monmouthshire County Council. It is currently used as a tourist information centre and as the offices for Monmouth Town Council, and parts are open to the public. Following the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the council announced that the Shire Hall would be the new location for the Monmouth Museum.
An Act for erecting a Shire Hall, Courts of Justice and other Buildings, for Public Purposes; and for providing suitable Accommodations for His Majesty's Justices of Assize, in and for the County of Hereford. Citation: 55 Geo. 3. c. ix: Dates; Royal assent: 23 March 1815: Text of statute as originally enacted
The Shire Hall, which gradually became known as the Sessions House, [15] remained in judicial use until 2011 when it closed, as part of central government measures to close 93 magistrates' courts across England and Wales. [16] The building was subsequently acquired by City of Ely Council in 2013 to serve as its offices and meeting place. [17]