From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extracted text : " THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE.—The old Courts at Westminster being small and inconvenient, although admirably planned by Sir John Soane, , this block of buildings was erected at a cost, including the site, of from the designs of Mr. G. E. Street, and has a Strand frontage of 500 feet. The great Central Hall is about 238 feet long, 48 feet wide, and 80 feet high. It was opened on December 4, 1882, by Queen Victoria. There are over 1,000 rooms in all, including 19 Court rooms. The principal entrance is the large
From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extracted text : " THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE.—The old Courts at Westminster being small and inconvenient, although admirably planned by Sir John Soane, , this block of buildings was erected at a cost, including the site, of from the designs of Mr. G. E. Street, and has a Strand frontage of 500 feet. The great Central Hall is about 238 feet long, 48 feet wide, and 80 feet high. It was opened on December 4, 1882, by Queen Victoria. There are over 1,000 rooms in all, including 19 Court rooms. The principal entrance is the large doorway at the left Of the picture. The public is admitted to the galleries only, when the Courts are sitting, but during the Vacation tickets of admission to the Courts can be obtained on application at the Superintendent's office between the hours Of Il and 3 The site now covered by this stately pile was once occupied by a perfect maze of narrow courts and alleys of doubtful morality and undoubted insanitation. The architect, George Edmund Street, , did not live to see these Courts completed. "
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