Dunedin Law Courts

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Coordinates: 45°52′31″S 170°30′26″E / 45.87539°S 170.50734°E / -45.87539; 170.50734
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The Law Courts building was completed in 1902. It continues to be used as a court today.
The Law Courts (right) and Dunedin Railway Station (left) from Lower Stuart Street

The Dunedin Law Courts is a notable historic building in central

railway station. Since 1902, the building has been used as the city's law courts, and contains four court rooms, including the ornate High Court, as well as housing the offices and library of the Law Society.[1]

Architecture

The Law Courts building was one of the first major works to be designed by Government architect

Victorian Gothic style similar to the buildings of Dunedin's University of Otago Registry Building.[4]

As is common with many of Dunedin's more substantial historic structures (including the railway station opposite) the Law Courts are constructed of dark Port Chalmers breccia ornamented with lighter Oamaru stone, a local compacted limestone mined to the north of Dunedin, and is topped with a roof of slate and granite. The main entrance to the court sits at the foot of a short tower which is decorated with an un-blindfolded statue of Justice in Italian white marble.[4]

Historic precinct

The building has a category I classification on the

State Highway 1) to Queen's Gardens and up Lower Stuart Street towards the city centre, The Octagon
.

The Law Courts Hotel, an Art Deco building within the historic precinct

One of the city's most historic public houses and hostelries, the Law Courts Hotel, is located close to the courts in Lower Stuart Street, in a large

Art Deco building (also listed by the Historic Places Trust, Category II)[6] directly opposite the Allied Press Building (the offices of the city's main newspaper, the Otago Daily Times). The prime location of this hotel near these two premises has greatly contributed to its history, as has its longevity (having originally been founded as the Auld Scotland Hotel in 1863).[7]

References

  1. ^ "Dunedin's Top 10 Charming Historic Treasures Archived 2014-08-21 at the Wayback Machine", www.dunedinnz.com, retrieved 21 August 2014.
  2. ISBN 0-86868-030-3
    . p. 70
  3. ISBN 0-86868-106-7
    . p. 95
  4. ^
    ISBN 1-86962-003-8
    . pp. 228–9
  5. ^ "Dunedin Law Courts". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  6. ^ "Law Courts Hotel". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand.
  7. ^ Price, M., "For sale: A right royal piece of history", Otago Daily Times, 4 August 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2014.

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