COURTING THE ARTS

摘要

Middlesex guildhall is a strange beast, designed by JS Gibson in 1913 as a home for the county council in what Pevsner termed art nouveau gothic style. Its limestone facade, facing London's Parliament Square, is stuffed full of imagery and detail - including medieval-looking gargoyles. Gibson worked closely with sculptor Henry Charles Fehr and en route a new coat of arms for the county of Middlesex was created to grace the entrance of the building. The Middlesex art collection remained when it was converted to Middlesex Crown Court in 1989.