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Shire Hall, Appleby-in-Westmorland

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finish, and completed in 1778. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of seven bays facing onto The Sands. There was a short flight of steps, running the full width of the frontage, in front of the building. The four bays on left contained tall doorways, while the three bays to the right
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The building was extended to the right, i.e. to the southeast, to create an extra bay in 1814. The building continued to serve as the assize court until the abolition of the assize courts under the
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Appleby Assizes began on Monday morning for the last time — 714 years after the first recorded Assize held in Appleby Castle to settle a squabble over land.
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until 1778. However, in the early 1770s, the justices decided to commission a dedicated courthouse and the local lord of the manor,
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Rosa's summer wanderings, by the authoress of 'Floreat Ecclesia', reprinted, with additions, from the Churchman's companion
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contained tall windows. The first floor was fenestrated by square-shaped windows. All the windows incorporated
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The building was subsequently refurbished and converted for use as a dental surgery and business centre.
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hearings for the County of Westmorland were held in the then-county town of Appleby, at the
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Statute law repeals: eighteenth report, draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill
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The new building was designed by Lowther's agent, Daniel Benn, in the
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Judicial building in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, England
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Appleby-in-Westmorland
54°34′40″N 2°29′18″W / 54.5779°N 2.4884°W / 54.5779; -2.4884
Vernacular style
Listed Building
Shire Hall, Appleby-in-Westmorland is located in Cumbria
Appleby-in-Westmorland
Cumbria
listed building
assize
Castle
Moot Hall
Sir James Lowther
vernacular style
rubble masonry
stucco
ashlar
glazing bars
Courts Act 1971
Listed buildings in Appleby-in-Westmorland




Historic England
"Shire Hall (1380199)"
National Heritage List for England


"'North Westmorland: The gaol and shire hall', in The Later Records Relating To North Westmorland Or the Barony of Appleby"

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