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County Court, Glanhwfa Road, Llangefni

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NPRN23133
Map ReferenceSH47NE
Grid ReferenceSH4587075523
Unitary (Local) AuthorityIsle of Anglesey
Old CountyAnglesey
CommunityLlangefni
Type Of SiteCOUNTY COURT
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
1. Circa 1860. Italianate. Single storey, 5 bay forebuilding.

2. .The County Court is a Robust Neo-Classical style courthouse building. It is single storeyed and the main courtroom stands to centre rear to form a T-plan. It is faced with limestone ashlar and rock-faced ashlar on a rock-faced plinth. It has a shallow hipped slate roof to entrance block, largely concealed behind the parapet blocking course; the courtroom block to rear with raking gable copings; ashlar stacks with moulded caps set forward of the ridge and flanking the central bay of the front elevation, further stacks to rear. The front, entrance elevation is of 5 bays with rock-faced plinth, plain blocking course and modillion cornice with plain architrave. The central bays are of ashlar masonry divided by rock-faced pilasters; rock-faced outer bays. The central bay has a tripartite window with keystoned, round-headed arches, impost and sill bands. There are similarly detailed single windows in the flanking bays, the impost band is carried across the doorways in the outer bays to form a bar below the fanlights; it has modern doors with fanlights to tympani, and modern margin-paned sashes to central bays. The main courtroom, to rear, is a gabled ashlar block with a blocked oculus to the apex of the exposed gable. The narrow forecourt to the front of the courthouse has a low ashlar wall with piers and ribbon pointing. The main entrance is in the left hand bay, with modern lateral access steps and ramp. Source; Cadw listings. RR 12/02/2007

3. Constructed of limestone ashlar with hipped slate roof. Stepped tripartite window to centre bay with keystoned arches, impost and sill bands. similar detail to other single windows. Main courtroom stands centre rear. Modern interior.
(Source: site file AN/Domestic/SH47NE, from CADW listing description)
J Hill 14.11.2003
4. The County court has been included as it is a well-preserved example of a mid C19 court building, the Italianate styling lending a bold symplicity of design apt for its scale. The County Court forms part of an excellent group of civic and religious buildings built at the turn of the century, reflecting the development of Llangefni as the county town. Source; Cadw listings RR 12/02/2007