Mays Court

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Mays Court
Westminster
London, September 2001

“This is a wide alley just to the north of Trafalgar Square and sits between the St Martins Lane Hotel to the north and the London Coliseum to the south. Originally, the alley would have been lined with shops, but two very large buildings now occupy either side turning what would have been a bustling shopping lane into a blank corridor with space for the hotel to put out tables and chairs. To the south side, the London Coliseum was built in a plot of land occupied by a lot of different businesses, most of who agreed to sell to the Coliseum owner, Oswald Stoll, but a handful refused, so what had been planned as a rectangular plot ended up more irregular. If you look at the Coliseum from above, you’ll see that the main theatre is built at an angle to get around the problem that the two corners of the block refused to sell up, and forced a design change on the building.” (May’s Court, Ian Visits)