[35] Survey, Court of Common Pleas, c 1820-23

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Reference number

SM 37/3/20

Purpose

[35] Survey, Court of Common Pleas, c 1820-23

Aspect

Plan of the main floor of the Court of Commons Pleas, with adjacent corridor and furnishings, and elevation of the tribunal and west wall, with section through the Court Room and adjacent Judges Robing Room and Record Room

Scale

bar scale of ¹/₅ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

The King's / Coat of Arms / The Judges Robing Room / Closet / Tribune / Court of Common Pleas / Westminster Hall / Record Room / Judges Room / Hall Floor dimensions given

Signed and dated

c 1820-23
dated in accordance with known building campaign

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes of raw umber, burnt sienna, red and green, pen, within a single ruled border on wove paper (567 x 342)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Watermark

W Turner

Notes

This is a similar drawing to SM 37/3/19, but drawn to a larger scale and by a less accomplished hand. Such surveys appear to relate to the earliest planning of the New Law Courts, where Soane intended to incorporate the existing Court of Common Pleas and its offices, initially as it existed and subsequently with substantial alterations.

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Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation. This catalogue of Soane’s designs for the New Law Courts was generously funded by The Worshipful Company of Mercers and The Pilgrim Trust.

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