An historic former county hall and court in Caernarfon, which has been transformed into a theatre, events and restaurant venue, has been put on the market. The grade listed Old Courthouse, opposite Caernarfon Castle, is being marketed by commercial property estate agent Ernest Wilson with an asking price of £1.3m.
Built in 1863, the Courthouse was the seat of justice in Caernarfon until 2009 when the courts moved to new premises. In 2012 the building was sold to a private developer and converted into an eight-bedroom house before it was acquired in 2018 by freelance musician Moira Hartley, as the perfect venue to bring her vision of creating a theatre with dining to life.
She embarked on a two-and-a-half-year renovation project, transforming the domed courtroom into a theatre, the Magistrates’ courtroom into a 60-cover restaurant and the Witness Room and cell area on the lower ground floor into a bar, along with artistes green room, artistes dressing rooms and stores.
