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This may look like a stately home nestled behind the trees in front of it's very own lake. Indeed it once was, now however, it is one of London's major Crown Courts.
It is not actually "The Crown Courts" but perhaps more accurately the Snaresbrook Centre of The Crown Court of England and Wales. I presume that fine photograph was taken from Snaresbrook Road, across the Eagle Pond. I am a little surprised to read it is the largest Crown Court Centre in England and Wales. There is a picture of the other side of the building, also from Wikipedia, where there is more information but Panorimo will not permit me to copy and paste it here.
If you go to Wikipedia and search for "List of Crown Court venues in England and Wales" the picture can be seen there in alphabetical order
It was originally the home of the former Royal Wanstead Children's Foundation.
Snaresbrook Crown Court. The building was originally constructed as the "Infant Orphan Asylum" on the instigation of a Congregationalist Minister, Andrew Reed, to provide help and protection for middle-class fatherless children without adequate means of support. When the foundation stone was laid in 1841, Prince Albert performed the deed and the event attracted all the great and the good from Victorian society. The architect was Sir Gilbert Scott and the building was completed and opened in 1843, again by Royalty, in this case King Leopold of the Belgians. The asylum housed up to 600 children who had to be elected for admission by voters, a procedure that continued until 1947. The asylum was later renamed the Royal Wanstead School and became a grammar school after the 1944 Education Act. However dwindling school numbers and a lack of funding eventually forced its closure in 1971. The building was subsequently taken over by Her Majesty's Court Service and today is Europe's busiest court, handling in excess of 7,000 cases a year.
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This may look like a stately home nestled behind the trees in front of it's very own lake. Indeed it once was, now however, it is one of London's major Crown Courts.
It is not actually "The Crown Courts" but perhaps more accurately the Snaresbrook Centre of The Crown Court of England and Wales. I presume that fine photograph was taken from Snaresbrook Road, across the Eagle Pond. I am a little surprised to read it is the largest Crown Court Centre in England and Wales. There is a picture of the other side of the building, also from Wikipedia, where there is more information but Panorimo will not permit me to copy and paste it here.
If you go to Wikipedia and search for "List of Crown Court venues in England and Wales" the picture can be seen there in alphabetical order
It was originally the home of the former Royal Wanstead Children's Foundation.
http://www.rncf.org.uk/about-us.php
Thanks for taking and posting the photograph
Snaresbrook Crown Court. The building was originally constructed as the "Infant Orphan Asylum" on the instigation of a Congregationalist Minister, Andrew Reed, to provide help and protection for middle-class fatherless children without adequate means of support. When the foundation stone was laid in 1841, Prince Albert performed the deed and the event attracted all the great and the good from Victorian society. The architect was Sir Gilbert Scott and the building was completed and opened in 1843, again by Royalty, in this case King Leopold of the Belgians. The asylum housed up to 600 children who had to be elected for admission by voters, a procedure that continued until 1947. The asylum was later renamed the Royal Wanstead School and became a grammar school after the 1944 Education Act. However dwindling school numbers and a lack of funding eventually forced its closure in 1971. The building was subsequently taken over by Her Majesty's Court Service and today is Europe's busiest court, handling in excess of 7,000 cases a year.