Former Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court and Police Station and attached railings
The Dixon, 209 and 211, Tooley Street, London, SE1 2JX
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385973
- Date first listed:
- 17-Sept-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Former Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court and Police Station and attached railings
- Statutory Address:
- The Dixon, 209 and 211, Tooley Street, London, SE1 2JX
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385973
- Date first listed:
- 17-Sept-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Former Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court and Police Station and attached railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Dixon, 209 and 211, Tooley Street, London, SE1 2JX
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The Dixon, 209 and 211, Tooley Street, London, SE1 2JX
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Southwark (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 33592 79906
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25 October 2024 to amend the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards.
TQ3379
636-1/5/783
SOUTHWARK
TOOLEY STREET (north side)
Nos.209 and 211,
The Dixon
Former Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court and Police Station and attached railings
(Formerly listed as Nos.209 AND 211, Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court and Police Station and attached railings
II
Magistrates' court and police station. Dated 1906. By John Dixon Butler. Stone to ground floor, centre and attic, as well as to dressings. Red brick in Flemish bond elsewhere. Roof parapeted. Edwardian Baroque style.
PLAN: shallow U-shaped plan of eleven window range. All openings flat-arched unless otherwise noted.
EXTERIOR: three storeys, with attic in centre ranges, over basement. Entrance to court in centre range, up steps, set under tetrastyle porch of Ionic order; balustrade above. All ground floor openings with eared and shouldered architraves; in the side wings the windows have, in addition, an entablature; to either side of entrance the lintels are keyed. Plinth to ground floor sill band heavily rusticated. Banded rustication from this sill band to first floor sill band. Police station in west wing, entrance is flat-arched with semicircular overdoor. the whole set under semicircular entrance canopy.
The Court entrance is flanked by high socles supporting giant Ionic columns to first and second floors; each column has an entablature block from which springs a section of broken segmental pediment. This entablature continuous across the elevation. First floor centre window is tripartite with sharply triangular pediment over centre light only. Second floor window of centre range three-light with eared architraves. The broken segmental pediment backed by high attic; the tympanum of pediment bears the Royal Arms in low relief.
All other first and second floor windows are identical, a description of which follows: first floor with projecting cornice surmounted by a sharply triangular pediment, the whole supported by long, thin brackets; stone spandrels to second floor window continuous; architrave to second floor windows eared; single second floor windows to inner returns of wings. Balustrades to parapet. All sashes of original design. Entrance to Boss Street set in pedimented aedicule. Stacks to return wall. Balustrade continues to return, as well as eared window architraves. At the north-east corner of court a two storey segmental bay with pilasters to corners and responds. To right of bay, flat-arched entrance with round overlight, under porch with semicircular hood.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: iron railings of original design to forecourt and basement area.
Listing NGR: TQ3359279906
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 471393
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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