| 词条 | Sessions House, Usk |
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|image=Sessions House, Usk.jpeg |caption= |name=Sessions House |location_town=Usk |location_country={{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom |coordinates={{coord|51.7001|-2.9010|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} |architect=Thomas Henry Wyatt |client=Monmouthshire Quarter Sessions |engineer= |construction_start_date=1875 |completion_date=1878 |date_demolished= |cost= |structural_system= |status=Grade II* listed }} The Sessions House at Usk, Wales, is a Victorian courthouse by Thomas Henry Wyatt of 1877.[1] The building was opened by Samuel Richard Bosanquet, of Dingestow Court, then Chairman of the Monmouthshire Quarter Sessions.[2] It is a Grade II* listed building as of 4 January 1974.[3] The court is of mauve sandstone with dressings of Bath stone.[1] It is of five bays, with a cornice, parapet[4] and balustraded terrace.[3] It originally contained two courtrooms but Court Number 1 was gutted by fire in 1944 and was not re-built.[2] Court Number 2 "survives little altered."[1] "There is an impressive judge’s chair and the benches retain their original labels for Counsel, Solicitors, Reporters, Jury etc."[2] A passage under the dock leads through to Usk Prison which stands next door.[2] The Sessions House saw two major nineteenth century trials: those of Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda,[2] a prominent suffragette; and of Josef Garcia, a Spanish seaman, who was tried and convicted of the murder of William and Elizabeth Watkins of Llangybi and of their three youngest children Charlotte, Alice and Frederick in 1878.[2] The building was purchased by Usk Town Council to mark the Millennium, and it is now used as the town hall and for community use. Notes1. ^1 2 The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, p. 593 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |url=http://www.usktown.co.uk/usk-town-council/sessions-house.html |title=Sessions House |publisher=Usktown.co.uk |date=2008-12-12 |accessdate=2012-02-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311083153/http://www.usktown.co.uk/usk-town-council/sessions-house.html |archivedate=2012-03-11 |df= }} 3. ^1 {{cite web|author=Good Stuff IT Services |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-2154-the-sessions-house-including-balustraded-t |title=The Sessions House including balustraded terrace. – Usk – Monmouthshire – Wales |publisher=British Listed Buildings |date=1974-01-04 |accessdate=2012-02-12}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/20329/details/MARYPORT+STREET%2C+SESSIONS+HOUSE%2C+USK/ |title=Maryport Street, Sessions House, Usk | Site Details |publisher=Coflein |date= |accessdate=2012-02-12}} External links
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