USK TOWN COUNCIL presents in conjunction with CADW’s OPEN DOORS
FREE GUIDED TOURS of SESSIONS HOUSE & COURTHOUSE, USK
SATURDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
The Sessions House, Maryport St, Usk, NP15 1AD.
For more information call 01291 673011 or email
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The Sessions House at Usk, Wales, is a Grade II* Victorian courthouse by Thomas Henry Wyatt of 1877 I
History
The building was commissioned to accommodate the quarter sessions for Monmouthshire which had previously been held on the first floor of the Old Town Hall in Old Market Street. The court was designed by Thomas Henry Wyatt in the Italianate style, built in mauve sandstone with dressings of Bath stone, and was officially opened by the chairman of the quarter sessions, Samuel Bosanquet, in 1877.
The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto Maryport Street, with the end bays projected forward. The central section of three bays featured a loggia, formed by three round-headed arches with architraves and keystones, flanked by sash windows with triangular pediments, while the outer bays were fenestrated large round-headed windows. The bays were separated by Tuscan order pilasters and surmounted by a cornice and parapet which was broken by a balustrade above the loggia. Internally the principal rooms were the two courtrooms. A passage was built under the dock leading through to Usk Prison which stands next door.
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