Adjacent to the court house is Brickfield Place, a brick paved courtyard with seating and planter boxes, constructed in 1892, assessed as a good example of urban design for public open space.

[1] The Central Local Court House is a robust and highly decorated public building designed in the Federation Free Classical Style.

The use of a formal symmetrical floor plan and massing with classically delivered carved sandstone details, including a coat of arms, which communicates the authoritative status of the legal system in the late 19th century.

The site comprises a number of auxiliary buildings associated with the court house, including a small caretaker's cottage.

Two storey rendered brick structure, with two chimneys and windows and outlook directed over the central forecourt of the court house.

The buildings remain as a good and intact example of a courthouse and associated facilities designed by the Colonial Architects Office and that demonstrate the growing affluence and prosperity of the time.