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Courthouse hotel
Great Marlborough Street,
Westminster
Listed Grade II
Nationally many magistrates’ courts have become
redundant in recent years superseded by modern,
purpose-built, ‘combined courts’. Illustrated here are
two fine examples where the particular qualities of
each have been retained enhancing the new uses
to which they have been put
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This handsome stone classical building
of 1912-13, designed by John Dixon Butler,
the foremost architect of London courts
and police stations, was one of several
listed courthouses in London which fell
victim to the move to modern multi-use
court facilities. After standing vacant and
at risk, in 2003 it was converted into a
five-star hotel by Woods Bagot Architects.
The splendid panelled main court room
is now a restaurant, retaining its panelling
and court fittings. The basement bar
comprises the former cells.
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