Old Ipswich Courthouse
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Ipswich Courthouse, 2009
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| Location | 75 East Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°37′04″S 152°45′35″E / 27.6178°S 152.7597°ECoordinates: 27°37′04″S 152°45′35″E / 27.6178°S 152.7597°E |
| Design period | 1840s - 1860s (mid-19th century) |
| Built | 1859 - 1936 |
| Architect | Charles Tiffin |
| Architectural style(s) | Romanesque |
| Official name: Ipswich Court House, Now known as Old Court House | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 21 October 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600575 |
| Significant period | 1850s-1860s (historical) 1859-1860s (fabric 1859 section) 1930s (fabric extension 1936) |
| Significant components | court house |
 Location of Old Ipswich Courthouse in Queensland
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The Old Ipswich Courthouse is a heritage-listed former courthouse located at 73-75 East Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Charles Tiffin and built from 1859 to 1936. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
The Old Ipswich Courthouse is a sandstone and brick single-storey building, the original section of which was completed in 1859 to a design by Charles Tiffin. The courthouse was the earliest major Queensland work of Tiffin, who was Clerk of Works for Moreton Bay, and became the first Queensland Colonial Architect. In the early years of Ipswich, the building was used for public meetings as well as a courthouse. The original building consisted of the central sandstone courtroom with a vestibule at the front, flanked by two brick wings. The building was too small for its task by 1904. 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 St. With this addition, the building was able to continue its function until a new courthouse was built on a different site in 1982. The Queensland Government carried out conservation work in the 1970s and 1980s. 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.
It is a rare example of a government building constructed in Queensland prior to separation from New South Wales. At the time of separation, the debt on the building was inherited by the Queensland Government which led to an ongoing dispute with the New South Wales Government.
There have been two subsequent Ipswich Courthouses.
The Old Ipswich Courthouse is a single-storey sandstone and brick Romanesque building. The interior of the original courtroom (Court Room 1) is divided internally into four bays. The early bench is at the western end of the courtroom. The side wings of the 1859 section are of facebrick and are each divided into three separate rooms. The 1936 section is to the west of the original sandstone section. This section is in brick with ruled joint render, and includes a large room (Court Room 2) and several smaller rooms. Court Room 2 is also divided into four main bays. The western facade is of simple Revival Classic design. The building is surrounded on three sides by a rendered brick fence with rendered brick piers and pipe and chainwire infill.
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