The Mayor's and the City of London Court is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. Court building. 2 related planning applications.
The Mayor's and the City of London Court
- WRENN ID
- far-casement-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1977
- Type
- Court building
- Address
- The Mayor's and the City of London Court, Guildhall Buildings Ec2, City and County of the City of London, EC2V 5AR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 325 813
- Coordinates
- 51.51534, -0.09144
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mayor's and the City of London Court is a building constructed in 1893 by Andrew Murray. It features a Perpendicular Gothic style, made of rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings and string courses. The front has two stories, with a three-story return on Basinghall Street. The main facade consists of two three-bay sections, which include mullioned and transomed windows; the first-story windows are cusped and positioned between buttresses. The central entrance is slightly recessed and has a three-bay design, featuring an arched central door with carved spandrels, topped by a four-center-arched traceried window on the first story and a crowning crocketted gable. The facade also includes blind traceried parapets and carved gargoyles at the corners of the flanking sections. The building has slated roofs with gable ends, a stone turret with a lead spirelet over the east range, and an octagonal lantern with an ogee lead cupola over the west range.
Local climate
The Mayor's and the City of London Court sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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