Westminster Coroner's Court
| Westminster Coroner's Court | |
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.jpg) Westminster Coroner's Court | |
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| Alternative names | Inner West London Coroner's Court |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Arts and Crafts |
| Location | 65 Horseferry Road, Westminster, London SW1P 2ED |
| Coordinates | 51°29′41″N 0°07′54″W / 51.494768°N 0.131697°W |
| Completed | 1893 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | G. R. W. Wheeler |
| Website | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Coroner's Court, Horseferry Road SW1 |
| Designated | 14 January 1970 |
| Reference no. | 1066635 |
  Shown in Westminster | |
The Coroner's Court for the City of Westminster, Greater London, is located in Westminster at 65, Horseferry Road,[1] together with the office of HM Coroner, and is a Grade II listed building.[2]
The Court covers part of the Inner West London coroner area, together with the Inner West London Coroner's Court, which is located on Tachbrook Street; there are four London boroughs within its coronial jurisdiction, as it serves Westminster and the Boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth, and Merton. HM Senior Coroner for the Coronial Area of Inner West London fulfils the duties of that office from both locations.
An extension to the building, designed by Patrick Lynch, was opened in 2024, containing a jury room, offices, and a waiting room for families, incorporating stained glass windows by artist Sir Brian Clarke. The Guardian's architecture critic Rowan Moore described the extension as "delivered with both palpable wholehearted good intent and high levels of skill and subtlety."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Westminster Coroner's Court". www.rbkc.gov.uk. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "CORONER'S COURT, Non Civil Parish - 1066635 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Moore, Rowan (30 June 2024). "Westminster coroner's court extension review – an extension of deep sympathy". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
