Silence in court : the future of the UK's historic law courts : a report / by SAVE Britain's Heritage.

Title & Author:

Silence in court : the future of the UK's historic law courts : a report / by SAVE Britain's Heritage.

Publication:

London : SAVE Britain's Heritage, 2004.

Description:

170 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

The work is a comprehensive report, compiled and written by the Save Britain's Heritage association, with information on each historically significant court at all levels of the judicial system in every town and city, submitted locally all over England, Wales and Scotland. "Now it is the turn of historic courts. They are the UK's great undiscovered architectural treasure trove. Throughout the country there are courtrooms large and small, in medieval castles and guildhalls, in seventeenth century sessions houses, eighteenth century shite halls and assize courts and in mighty Victorian and Edwardian town halls, full of fine plasterwork, wonderful woodwork and splendid staircases. Yet they have remained remarkably little studied and rarely recorded ..."--'Introduction : an unexpected treasure trove' by Marcus Binney

ISBN:

0905978439
9780905978437

Subject:

Courthouses Conservation and restoration Great Britain.
Palais de justice Conservation et restauration Grande-Bretagne.
Courthouses Conservation and restoration.
Great Britain.

Added entries:

Save Britain's Heritage (Association)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263974
Call No.: BIB 195292
Status: Available

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