Court House

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Orange Court House Built in 1860-62
The local Wiradjuri people are said to have once held corroborees on this site, on the corner of Lords Place and Byng Street. A slab and bark watchhouse built in 1849 was used as the Court House from 1851. A large sandstone Court House was built in 1860-62 by Kennard & Snow. Ben Hall was tried here in in May 1862 for “Robbery Under Arms”. The present Neo-classical building was designed from locally quarried sandstone at a cost of nearly £7000 by Colonial Architect James Barnet in 1883. A new wing was constructed in 2001 at the rear of the site.
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