View of the front elevation of The Royal Courts of Justice in Strand, Covent Garden, from the junction with Essex Street. The centre of the image shows the central hall building, which is gradually stepped back from the street line. At the centre of this grouping is a large, recessed portal with a carved arch, flanked by granite columns. At the left is traffic island that is occupied by the church of St Clement Danes, partly shown. Striped bollards and leafless trees edge the island. Railings surround separate entrances to men's and women's toilets underground. One of the jewels of the High Victorian Gothic Revival, a large, national courtroom building of 1874 to 1883, designed and built by George Edmund Street and completed by Arthur E. Street and Sir Arthur Blomfield. Built predominantly in Portland stone, it was Grade I listed in 1970; listing number 1264258. A few pedestrians are walking in the street and a van with the name of Wood, Rozelaar & Wilkes Ltd, a printer of posters, on the side is parked. In the foreground, a bus stop sign has been fixed to a lamp post.