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The Old Bailey has been housed in a succession of court buildings on the street since the sixteenth century, when it was attached to the medieval Newgate Prison. The current main building block was completed in 1902, designed by Edward William Mountford; its monumental architecture is recognised and protected as a Grade II* listed building. [1]
Oct 5, 2024 · The present Old Bailey was designed by English architect E.W. Mountford. In addition to the dome and sculpture of Justice, another iconic feature is the motto above the main entrance: “Defend the children of the poor & punish the wrongdoer.”
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The first stone of the new Old Bailey was laid in 1902, and five years later the building, with four courts, 90 cells and stones from the demolished prison used in its façade, was completed. It...
Apr 14, 2020 · John Strype in 1720 wrote that the officially named Court of the King’s Commission of the Peace is “held at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, commonly call’d the Sessions House”. Newspapers of the same time were also routinely referring to the Old Bailey as the court house.
5 days ago · The Old Bailey—that part of the street opposite to Newgate—became the scene of public executions in 1783, on the 9th of December in which year the first culprit suffered here the extreme penalty of the law. Before that time the public executions ordinarily took place at Tyburn.
Aug 2, 2016 · The Old Bailey: a name that usually crops up in tabloid tales of scandal, shame and slaughter. If you've ever visited, hopefully it was from the public gallery or jury box. Here are some of our...
Jun 9, 2013 · Above ground, in the grandeur of the Great Hall, with its 1907 columns and frescos is the better known Rumpole-like image of the Old Bailey made famous by the writer John Mortimer.
