[5] The design involved a long rectangular frontage facing into Pocock Street.

[8] The building was then refurbished, augmented by a semi-circular portico, formed by Doric order columns supporting an entablature, and re-opened as a courthouse in 1993.

[9] In 2013, a judge at the court ruled that a woman should remove her niqāb while giving evidence.

[10] In 2015, Lorraine Barwell, a custody officer at the court, died after being assaulted while escorting a prisoner to a van.

[12] In December 2020, a planning application was submitted for a mixed use development, which would see the roof of the building transformed into an "urban forest".