The former High Court Building ( my, တရားရုံးချုပ်ဟောင်း) is a colonial-era building located at No. 89/133 Pansodan Street, between Maha Bandula Garden Street and Pansodan Street in

Kyauktada Township Kyauktada Township ( my, ကျောက်တံတား မြို့နယ် ) is the center of downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The township consists of nine wards, and shares borders with Botataung Township in the east, Seikkan Township and ...

, downtown

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

. Until 2006, the

Supreme Court of Myanmar The Supreme Court of Myanmar ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုတရားလွှတ်တော်ချုပ်) is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of Myanmar, existing as an independent ju ...

was located at this complex. The High Court Building was designed by architect James Ransome, construction of the High Court began in 1905 and was completed in 1911,''World and Its Peoples: Eastern and Southern Asia'' By Marshall Cavendish, p. 633 and is noted for its colonial-era

Indo-Saracenic Architecture Indo-Saracenic architecture (also known as Indo-Gothic, Mughal-Gothic, Neo-Mughal, or Hindoo style) was a revivalist architectural style mostly used by British architects in India in the later 19th century, especially in public and government ...

, including its

clock tower Clock towers are a specific type of structure which house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Many clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another buildi ...

and its red-bricked exterior. The building is listed on the

Yangon City Heritage List The Yangon City Heritage List is a list of man-made landmarks in Yangon, Myanmar, so designated by the city government, Yangon City Development Committee. The list consists of 188 structures (as of 2001), and is largely made up of mostly religious ...

. Located near

Yangon City Hall Yangon City Hall ( my, ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ခန်းမ; YCH) is the city hall of Yangon, the largest city of Myanmar, and the seat of the city's administrative body, Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC). The bu ...

, the building faces the Independence Monument and the

Maha Bandula Park The Maha Bandula Park or Maha Bandula Garden ( my, မဟာဗန္ဓုလ ပန်းခြံ, , also spelt Mahabandula or Mahabandoola) is a public park, located in downtown Yangon, Burma. The park is bounded by Maha Bandula Garden Street ...

Gallery

High Court Burma1.jpg, Panoramic view over the western side of Square ward building Yangon, Burmese High Court, Myanmar.jpg, Yangon High Court File:2016 Rangun, Dawny budynek Sądu Najwyższego (15).jpg, Seen across from the

File:Rangoon High Court lobby.jpg, Front lobby of the High Court shortly after World War II File:High Court Burma.png, Lobby staircase in 2012

Notes

References

* Falconer, John; Invernizzi, Luca; Kahrs, Daniel; Moore, Elizabeth; Tettoni, Luca Invernizzi; Birnbaum, Alfred; Cummings, Joe (2000). ''Burmese design & architecture''. Tuttle Publishing. * Reid, Robert; Grosberg, Michael (2005). ''Myanmar (Burma)''. Lonely Planet. Government buildings in Myanmar Government buildings completed in 1911 Former courthouses Buildings and structures in Yangon 1911 establishments in Burma {{Burma-struct-stub