Bow Street Magistrates' Court became one of the most famous magistrates' court in England. Over its 266-year existence it occupied various buildings on Bow Street in Central London, immediately north-east of Covent Garden. It closed in 2006 and its work moved to a set of four magistrates' courts: Westminster, Camberwell Green, Highbury Corner and the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. The senior magistrate at Bow Street until 2000 was the Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate.
19th-century depiction of Bow Street Magistrates' Court, to which the Bow Street Runners were attached.
The Court in 1895
The court in 2006
Redevelopment, October 2018
John Taylor (architect)
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Sir John Taylor, KCB, FRIBA was a British architect working for the Office of Works.
Entrance hall of the National Gallery, London, designed by John Taylor.
Dome of the National Gallery's entrance hall.