Bow Street Orange £180

Bow Street Orange £180

Bow Street is the first Orange property on the London Monopoly board.

Bow Street is a road situated in Covent Garden in Westminster, unlike the other streets in Covent Garden, Bow Street derived its name from its bow like shape rather than the Royal family.

Bow Street was a diverse area, with houses in the street varying considerably in value and the occupants also distinctly contrasting.

The first Covent Garden Theatre was built in 1731 but on the morning of the 30th September 1808 it was totally destroyed by fire. Twenty three firemen were killed as part of the building collapsed. Covent Garden Theatre Royal was then built in 1809 and one of the earliest Greek Revival Buildings in London. The building was altered and added to and reinvented as “The Royal Italian Opera House” which was again destroyed by fire in 1856. The third and present theatre was rebuilt in 1857 and opened on the 15th May 1858. The Floral Hall was added in 1860. The theatre was renamed the Royal Opera House.

In 1740 Sir Thomas De Veil, a justice of the peace from Middlesex, acquired the lease at 4 Bow Street and transferred his office there. Two years after he died the novelist and playwright Henry Fielding and his brother moved into Bow Street as magistrates and began administering justice. In 1748 every fourth shop in London was a ‘gin house’ whereby gin consumption and the resultant crime was at its height. In Bow Street alone there were eight licensed premises. Hundreds of brothels also lined the streets, along with gangs of highway men terrorizing roads armed with cut throat razors. To tackle crime and disorder Henry Fielding brought together eight constables to patrol along the main thoroughfares who became known as the Bow Street Runners. Henry’s blind half-brother Sir John Fielding (The Blind Beak of Bow Street) succeeded his brother as magistrate in 1754. He refined the patrol into the first effective police force. By 1811 a new court room had been built in the yard behind. In 1813 No 3 Bow Street adjoined No 4 and it remained the court house until 1881. The houses were demolished six years later.

In 1829 the Metropolitan Police Service was established by Sir Robert Peel and a ‘new station house’ was built in 1832 at 33-34 Bow Street where the police remained until 1881 when a new purpose built police station adjoining the Magistrates Court was built at numbers 25 and 27.

In 1839 Charles Dickens’ fictional character the Artful Dodger was brought before the magistrates in Bow Street.

In the later years the court housed the office of the Senior District Judge who heard high profile matters or cases which involved public figures. Just some of the famous names that have appeared in Bow Street magistrate’s court are:

In 1760 Giacomo Casanova was accused of grievous bodily harm against a prostitute.

In 1895 Oscar Wilde was accused of committing indecent acts.

In 1908 Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst were jailed for handing out leaflets urging their suffragette supporters to “rush” the House of Commons.

In 1910 Dr Crippen murdered his wife Cora Crippen and was hanged after being found guilty.

In 1945 Nazi propagandist William Joyce appeared on charges of high treason and was executed.

In 1968 The Kray Twins were accused of conspiracy to murder underworld characters Jack McVitie and George Cornell.

In 2000 Lord Archer was committed for chargers of perjury and perverting the course of justice.

In 2004 Islamic hate preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri was charged with providing material support to terrorists and aiding a kidnapping. He was extradited to the USA.

In 2004 the court was put up for sale and the final case heard in Court was on the 14th July 2006.

Listed Buildings

Royal Opera House Grade 1 Listed

Floral Hall Grade 2 listed

7&8 Bow Street

Bow Street Magistrates Court and Police Station

Future

Planning permission was given for Bow Street Magistrates Court to be turned into a police museum, old cells for the museum, a court room the restaurant and a 99 room boutique hotel, costing £20 million.

Information

The average sold price of a Flat in June 2014 was £2,061,250

If purchasing a property in Bow Street Conveyancing Data Services recommended searches are Groundsure Energy, Groundsure Underground Report and a Groundsure HS2 report.

The average rent of a two bedroom flat in Westminster is £4174.

The nearest Underground is Temple or Leicester Square

The nearest Overground is Charing Cross.

Bow Street is in the Congestion Charge Zone. You have to pay an £11.50 daily charge if you drive between 07.00 and 18.00, Monday to Friday.

The Thames Tideway Tunnel will run through Westminster under the River Thames. Near Westminster will be the new Victoria Embankment Foreshore which will commence construction in 2016.

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