From Magna Carta to Lady Jane Grey: the UK Supreme Court’s fascinating friezes
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The friezes that adorn the UK Supreme Court building have been examined in a new article by Liam Fox, the court’s information officer.
“The Middlesex Guildhall, the building which has been home to the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) since 2009, is filled to the brim with history and ornate architecture.
“The current site has been home to a number of different buildings serving different purposes (including previously being occupied by a tavern known as the Three Tunns, following Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s).
“The current building was the third guildhall to occupy the site and also served as Middlesex Crown Court before becoming the Supreme Court’s home in 2009. Interestingly, the Guildhall also housed a number of foreign courts and military tribunals belonging to governments-in-exile which were based in London during the Second World War (a section of the exhibition highlights this period of the building’s history).”
Read the full article here.
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