Court of Final Appeal Building
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The Court of Final Appeal Building, also known as the Old Supreme Court Building, is the home of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong. It housed the former Supreme Court from 1912 to 1983 and the Legislative Council from 1985 to 2011. It is located at 8 Jackson Road, in Central,[2] along the eastern side of Statue Square, directly west of Chater Garden. As the Old Supreme Court, its exterior is one of the declared monuments of Hong Kong.
Court of Final Appeal Building | |
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終審法院大樓 | |
Former names | Supreme Court Building Legislative Council Building |
General information | |
Type | Court building |
Architectural style | Neo-classical |
Location | Hong Kong |
Address | 8 Jackson Road, Central |
Coordinates | 22.280996°N 114.160116°E / 22.280996; 114.160116 |
Completed | 15 January 1912; 112 years ago (1912-01-15) |
Opened | 7 September 2015; 8 years ago (2015-09-07) (current use) |
Renovated | 2013–2015 |
Owner | Judiciary of Hong Kong |
Dimensions | |
Diameter | 70 m × 38 m (230 ft × 125 ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Sir Aston Webb Ingress Bell |
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Traditional Chinese | 終審法院大樓 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 终审法院大楼 | ||||||||||||
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Old Supreme Court Building | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 舊最高法院大樓 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 旧最高法院大楼 | ||||||||||||
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On the south side [of Statue Square] stands the New Law Courts. It was designed in England, and the only feature of note is the inartistic roof. Like all buildings erected by the Government, the edifice has been in course of construction nearly 15 years, and is still not completed. All the granite used in the construction of this massive block of buildings is the product of the Island and the mainland.
—Picturesque Hong Kong: a handbook for travellers. Hong Kong: Tillotson & Sons. 1911. pp.67–68[1]