[25] Preliminary survey, Westminster Hall, 24 April 1824

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Reference number

SM Vol 54/13

Purpose

[25] Preliminary survey, Westminster Hall, 24 April 1824

Aspect

Detail elevations and sections of plinth and stringcourse moulding profiles on the north façade of Westminster Hall, with half elevation of blind window

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Parts of the North Front / of Westminster Hall. / Mouldings of the / lowest Base of the / Hall. / Line of the bottom of the Plinth / Window / False / Window / in the / side / Mouldings of large / Mouldings of / the highest Cornice / 7 Heads in / the side, Mouldings of / Middle Cornice, No. heads / Mouldings of / the lowest cornice. / No heads / Mouldings of small dimensions given

Signed and dated

24/04/1824
The date occurs on the adjacent leaf (see SM Vol 54/14) and has been erased and overwritten at the right-hand corner of this drawing.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, on wove paper bound in volume (211 x 281)

Hand

Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 24 April 1824 records that Stephen Burchell was engaged in Sketching parts of Westminster Hall.

Notes

This series of survey drawings (SM Vol 54/13 - 16; 18 - 19) may have been prepared in response to the Select Committee's criticism of the New Law Courts, and their junction with the north façade of Westminster Hall. The false or blind window is located on the second storey of the north-west tower's western face, immediately adjacent to the junction between the Hall and Soane's Court of King's Bench.

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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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