Wood Street Police Station

Wood Street Police Station is a police station, offices, and flats built between 1963 and 1966 by architects McMorran and Whitby for the City of London Police. The building features a reinforced concrete frame clad in Portland stone and brick, topped with slate roofs. It consists of two linked sections, with the lower portion being four storeys tall and housing the police station, which originally included offices for special constables on the ceremonial upper floor. The ground and first floors are rusticated, and there are large stacks. The facades are regular, with stepped fenestration, featuring ten windows on the first floor and seven larger windows on the second floor. The entrance is marked by voussoirs and the City coat of arms, flanked by traditional blue lamps on brackets. The rear elevation has six bays, with the third floor exposed, and all windows are sashes with glazing bars.

To the side and rear, there is a thirteen-storey tower containing offices and flats, which include social facilities. This section has eight bays with segmental-arched windows featuring glazing bars, under a pitched roof with round-arched vent openings in the gable. The two buildings are linked and share common recreational facilities in the basement, including the C. H. Rolth Hall. Although the interior was not inspected, it is understood that the public rooms retain original features. Donald McMorran, a significant architect known for his sophisticated neo-classical designs during the 1950s and 1960s, created this building, which is his best-known work and the last and largest police station he designed.