Dungarvan Courthouse is a judicial facility in Meagher Street,

Dungarvan Dungarvan () is a coastal town and harbour in County Waterford, on the south-east coast of Ireland. Prior to the merger of Waterford County Council with Waterford City Council in 2014, Dungarvan was the county town and administrative centre of ...

County Waterford County Waterford () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is named after the city of Waterford. ...

, Ireland.

History

The courthouse, which was designed by

James Pain James Pain (1779 – 13 December 1877) was an English architect. Born into a family of English architects, his grandfather was William Pain, his father James Pain and his brother George Richard Pain. James Pain served as an apprentice to the ...

in the

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and built in

ashlar Ashlar () is a cut and dressed rock (geology), stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, a ...

stone, was completed in 1820. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing Meagher Street; the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward, featured three rounded headed

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s on the first floor flanked by

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s supporting an

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and a

pediment Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns.Summerson, 130 In an ...

. The building was originally used as a facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the

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, which established county councils in every county, it also became the meeting place for the second and subsequent meetings of

Waterford County Council Waterford County Council () was the authority responsible for local government in County Waterford, Ireland. The remit of Waterford County Council also included some suburbs of the Waterford city not within the remit of Waterford City Council. ...

. The county council established their County Secretary's Office at Arus Brugha at Davitt's Quay in the early-20th century before moving to modern Civic Offices at Davitt's Quay in 1999.

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References

{{reflist Buildings and structures in County Waterford Courthouses in the Republic of Ireland Government buildings completed in 1820 19th-century architecture in the Republic of Ireland