Historical Marker, Old Courthouse, Corner Roderick and East Streets, Ipswich

Creator Details

TitleHistorical Marker, Old Courthouse, Corner Roderick and East Streets, IpswichAcknowledgementIpswich City Council, City Design Branch, Planning and Regulatory Services Department

Location

StreetEast StreetSuburbIpswichCity & StateIpswich, QueenslandCountryAustraliaGeo Coordinatesnot specified

Description

DescriptionThe Historical Marker for the Old Courthouse was installed on 22 June 2006.

Plaque text:
On 6 June 1857 Charles Tiffin arrived in Brisbane to be the new Clerk of Works for the New South Wales Colonial Architect’s Department. Within two weeks Tiffin was instructed to design a new Ipswich Court House and the resulting stone and brick neoclassical building became the prototype for many of the courthouses built in the colony during the rest of the century.
The Ipswich Court House was completed in 1859 and in the early years the building was used for public meetings as well as a court house. The original building consisted of the central sandstone courtroom with a vestibule at the front, flanked by two brick wings.

In 1936 a major extension in rendered brickwork was made to the west, adding a new court room and ancillary rooms with the entry off Ginn Street. With this addition the building was able to continue its function until a new Court House was built on a different site in 1982. After the building ceased being used as a courthouse the bench was moved to the original court room and the building became a community cultural centre.

Connections

Buildings & StructuresOld Courthouse People & FamiliesCharles TiffinPlacesIpswichCurated CollectionsHistorical MarkersRelated ItemsOld Courthouse, East street, Ipswich, 1930sOld Courthouse, East Street, Ipswich, 2014

Subjects

SubjectsPlaques

Asset Details

Reference IDOld Ipswich Court house plaqueAsset TypeImage - JpegImages, Maps and Artefacts (Trove mapping field)imageColour or Black & White ImageColourPhysical DescriptionBorn DigitalCopyright NoticeTo use this image, please contact the Picture Ipswich Digital Archivist.CopyrightPicture Ipswich Copyright Information

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Suburb

Ipswich

Buildings & Structures

Old Courthouse

Places

Ipswich

Curated Collections

Historical Markers

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