The former magistrates’ court and police station in Old Street in central London is currently being redeveloped into a 128-bedroom boutique hotel. It will include a gym, a swimming pool, a two-lane bowling alley, a 200-seat cinema and a rooftop bar. The existing building with the addition of a new-build bedroom block will include 600 sq-mt of basement event space. The hotel will probably be named the Old Street Courthouse Hotel.

The Grade II-listed Victorian courthouse is located opposite the former Shoreditch Town Hall in Old Street. It closed in 1999 although the police station stayed open until 2008. More recently the building had been occupied by squatters.
The work is being undertaken by McAleer & Rush who have published a blog featuring the development

Details:  www.mcaleer-rushe.co.uk