Bradford Law Courts

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Bradford Law Courts
Bradford Law Courts
LocationExchange Square, Drake Street, Bradford
Coordinates53°47′34″N 1°44′57″W / 53.7927°N 1.7492°W / 53.7927; -1.7492
Built1993
ArchitectNapper Collerton
Architectural style(s)Modernist style
Bradford Law Courts is located in West Yorkshire
Bradford Law Courts
Shown in West Yorkshire

The Bradford Law Courts is a

County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, at Exchange Square, off Drake Street, Bradford
, England.

History

Until the early 1990s, Crown Court cases in Bradford were heard in the Bradford City Hall, or if a long sentence was likely to be given, in Leeds Town Hall.[1] However, as the number of court cases in Bradford grew, it became necessary to commission a more modern courthouse for criminal matters: the site selected had been occupied by the Bradford Exchange railway station which had been demolished in 1976.[2][3][4]

The new building was designed by Napper Collerton in the

Royal coat of arms on the first floor and fenestrated by a five-part casement window on the second floor. The wings, of seven bays each, featured sections on the second floor, which were stone-faced and cantilevered out over the pavement. The second floor was fenestrated by tall rectangular windows except for the bays flanking the central bay, which were fenestrated by seven-part oriel windows. Internally, the building was laid out to accommodate eleven courtrooms.[9] The architectural historian, Nikolaus Pevsner, described the design as "expensive-looking and facetiously detailed".[10]

Notable cases have included the trial and conviction, in November 2007, of Ronald Castree for the

Leeds Crown Court in July 1976.[11][12] They have also included the trial and conviction of eleven men in December 2015, on charges in connection with the Keighley child sex abuse ring,[13] and the trial and conviction, in December 2021, of Savannah Brockhill for the murder of Star Hobson.[14]

In 2017, filming took place at Bradford Law Courts for a court scene in the television drama, The Moorside, which was a dramatisation of the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ "The Yorkshire Ripper and Me". Northern Life Magazine. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ Thomas, Rhys (31 October 2016). "Then and now: The forgotten city centre station from Bradford's rail heyday". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ISBN 978-1852600723
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  4. ISBN 978-1785008474
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  5. ^ "Capital Building Programme". Hansard. 26 January 1996. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Law Courts and Courtrooms 1: The Buildings of the Criminal Law". Historic England. 1 August 2016. p. 16. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Bradford Law Courts". Napper Architects. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. ISBN 978-0429558689
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  9. ^ "Bradford". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Bradford spotlight: Modern heritage in the new UK City of Culture". 20th Century Society. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Man guilty of 1975 child murder". BBC News. 12 November 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  12. ^ "Lesley Molseed murderer sentenced to minimum 30 years". Rochdale Online. 12 November 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  13. ^ "11 men guilty of sexually abusing white schoolgirl in Keighley". The Yorkshire Post. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Star Hobson: Savannah Brockhill guilty of murder". BBC News. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  15. ^ "The Moorside". IMDB. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  16. ^ "Filming crews descend on Bradford to shoot scenes for upcoming BBC docu-drama The Moorside Project". The Telegraph and Argus. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

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