Nottingham Shire Hall Build part 2
The design
The shire hall in Nottingham had been the seat of law and irdervsince the 14 hundreds housing both courts and gaol. By the 18th century it was clear the building was no longer fit for service with crumbling walls and collapsing floors. In the 1770s young architect James Gandon won the competition to design a new hall. Thus would include two new courts while the gaol remained at its rear. His design here is a typical georgian design using classical architecture for inspiration. They decided not to bother with the statues but the plan to build it went ahead 
By the victorian age hangings were taking place on the buildings front steps so a barrier was put up to keep crowds back and this gives us an illustration of the building.
In 1870 a hundred years after it was built someone took a photograph of the building. By then public execution had been abolished. In 1877 the building was expanded after a fire had damaged the courts. Gandons original design remained but the victorians expanded to it and embellished it a little adding fire escapes. 
Today Gandons original building still stands. Mynplan was to cut back the victorian and 20th century embellishments to its original appearance 
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