City approves conversion of listed police station into five-star hotel

DMA Wood Street 7 (640x435)

Dexter Moren scheme will see prisoner cells transformed into private whisky-tasting rooms

Prisoner cells of a grade II*-listed police station in the City of London are set to become private whisky-tasting rooms as part of a five-star hotel conversion.

Designs by Dexter Moren Architects (DMA) to convert the 1960s building on Wood Street into a 216-room hotel were given the green light by City planners last week, with construction expected to start on site this year.

The scheme will also see stalls for police horses in the stables converted into restaurant dining booths, and the assembly hall turned into a grand ballroom.

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