Harbour Grace Court House National Historic Site of Canada

• the rectangular footprint of the main court house building, with the smaller rectangular footprint of the attached residence;
• the two-storey cubic massing of the main court building under a hipped roof with end chimneys;
• the 1 ½ storey rectangular massing of the residence under a mansard roof with dormers;

the court house and gaol;

• the symmetrical organization of the main facade centred on a large segmentally arched widow with split staircase leading up to two entry doors flanked by smaller segmentally arched windows;
• the rear facade with its matching large central window flanked by smaller paired windows;
• its classically inspired details including the split staircase leading to panelled entry doors flanked by pilasters beneath a pediment, the multi-pane sash windows with toplights;
• its cut stone construction materials with decorative brick window surrounds and wood detailing;
• its solid-wall masonry construction;
• surviving evidence of its original interior layout, spatial volumes, detailing and finishes;
• continuity of its patterns of access and circulation;
• the high walled jail yard to the rear;

the gaoler’s house;

• its recessed to one side of the court house;
• its relatively small scale;
• its modest, domestic form;
• its wood construction detailing;
• surviving evidence of original finishes and domestic layout.