[59] Preliminary survey, Courts of Exchequer and Equity, 12 October 1820

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Reference number

SM 89/3/70

Purpose

[59] Preliminary survey, Courts of Exchequer and Equity, 12 October 1820

Aspect

Plan of the main (first) floor of the Court of Exchequer, the Exchequer Chamber and the Baron's Room

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Judges of Exchequer - [_] / Barons Room / Court of Exchequer / Water Clos[et] & stair: / A.A. will be ample for / the Courts of Exchequer & Equity - Barons Room / Judges Chamber / & Court of Equity / West[minste]^r Hall / (pencil) Tower Staircase dimensions given

Signed and dated

12/10/1820
12 Oct[obe]r 1820

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, on wove paper (400 x 321)

Hand

Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
The drawing and annotations are in Soane's hand.

Watermark

J Larking / 1812

Notes

In the inscription Mr. L. was most likely Adam Lee. At the date of this survey, the Exchequer Chamber accommodated the Court of Equity.

Literature

Sawyer, 1999: p. 490, footnote 1448

Level

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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