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Supreme Court Building Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Charles AS FREEMAN: Contractor Peter PATERSON: Design Architect PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT of the NATAL COLONY: Architect

Date: 1865-1875 Type: Court Buildings Status: Extant

Work on the building commenced in 1864 on the plan of Colonial Engineer Peter PATERSON. The foundation stone was laid in 1865 by Lieutenant Colonel J Bisset, acting Governor. Financial stringency caused the Government to stop work and it was only resumed in 1867. There was an opening ceremony in 1871 but it was only in 1875 that the final touches were made. (Gordon, 1985:55) See also Supreme Court Conversion to Tatham Gallery. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.