OLD COURTHOUSE, BRAINTREE, ESSEX. BUILT EARLY 1800's

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DATE OF VISIT: MARCH, 2000

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HISTORY & INTRODUCTION.........

CURRENTLY USED AS A RESTAURANT, THIS HISTORIC BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY USED AS THE COURTHOUSE FOR BRAINTREE & BOCKING, AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING AREA. NOT MUCH HISTORY IS KNOWN ON EXACTLY WHEN THE COURTHOUSE FIRST OPENED, BUT AN ESTIMATE BASED ON THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WOULD BE SOMETIME IN THE FIRST PART OF THE 19th. CENTURY. SOMETIME IN THE 1960's, THE COURTHOUSE MOVED TO BEHIND WHAT WAS THE POLICE STATION AT THE TIME, AND THE BUILDING WAS NEXT USED AS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THIS BUILDING HOLDS FOND MEMORIES FOR ME, AS I CAN REMEMBER AS A CHILD GOING ALONG TO THE SUMMER BOOK CLUBS! I HAD THE RARE OPPORTUNITY OF LOOKING AROUND THIS BUILDING SOME YEARS AGO BEFORE IT WAS TURNED INTO A RESTAURANT. ALTHOUGH THE BUILDING WAS ALTERED TO ACCOMMODATE THE LIBRARY, WHEN I VISITED BACK IN 2000 THE BUILDING STILL RETAINED SOME LOVELY ORIGINAL FEATURES, INCLUDING ONE OF THE CELLS (LATER A TOILET), AND EXERCISE YARD AT THE REAR, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR PRISONERS TO GRAB SOME AIR WHILST AWAITING SENTENCE. PLEASE EXCUSE THE SIZE / QUALITY OF SOME OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, AS SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN SCANNED.

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