[133] Survey, Westminster Hall, before 9 July 1823

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Office of Works
  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
    - Temporary Courts, 1821-24 (14)
      - Sessions House, Westminster, 1822-24 (7)

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Reference number

SM 37/3/24

Purpose

[133] Survey, Westminster Hall, before 9 July 1823

Aspect

Section through the Court of King's Bench, as accommodated in the Sessions House, Westminster

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Section of the Court of Kings Bench. / (pencil) Rec.[eive]^d of M^r. Lee dimensions given

Signed and dated

09/06/1823
9 July 1823

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, ochre wash, pen, within single ruled border on laid paper (340 x 211)

Hand

Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
The drawing is annotated in Soane's hand (in pencil).
This is perhaps not in a Soane Office hand.

Verso

Preliminary study of a section detail

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt / 1819

Notes

The dimensions of this drawing are given by three different hands. In the inscription M^r. Lee can be identified as Adam Lee (c 1772 - 1843) who was Labourer in Trust at Whitehall and Westminster from 1806. As such, the ordinary repairs to (amongst other buildings) the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench and Common Pleas, as well as there associated offices and record rooms, came within his purview. Lee would later submit proposals for a new House of Commons (1833) and enter the new Houses of Parliament competition (1834). Some of his designs, including a reconstruction of St Stephen's Chapel, survive in the Museum of London.

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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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