[2] The Shirehall, which was designed by Charles Heather[3] under the instruction of Sir Robert Smirke in the Classical style, was completed in 1817.

[1] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage facing onto St Peter's Square; the central section featured a hexastyle portico with Doric order columns supporting a frieze with triglyphs and a pediment.

[7] In a celebrated case at the time, a solicitor, Herbert Armstrong, was tried at the Shirehall and convicted in April 1922 of murdering his wife, Katharine.

[9] However with the creation of the unitary authority known as Herefordshire Council in 1998, meetings of the new body with county-wide responsibilities were once again being held at the Shirehall in Hereford.

[11] A plaque was unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, Susan Bligh, Countess of Darnley, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Shirehall, in October 2017.