The Sessions House, which was the main courthouse for Northamptonshire, is currently used as a tourist information centre and is a Grade I listed building.

[3] A Quaker, John Maidwell, was imprisoned in the cells of the gaol in 1664 for not swearing allegiance to King Charles II.

[5] They were decorated with plaster ceilings depicting justice and the devil as well as cornucopias which were all designed by Edward Goudge.

[1] A fellow architect, Captain William Winde, said of Goudge in 1690 that he "will undoubtedly have a good deal of work for he is now looked on as the best master in England in his profession".

[9] The building continued to be used as a facility for dispensing justice until 1987, when the Crown Court in Lady's Lane was completed.