[345] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of King's Bench, c September 1826

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  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
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Reference number

SM 53/5/5

Purpose

[345] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of King's Bench, c September 1826

Aspect

Section and plan of the passage connecting with the south wall of the upper level of main floor of the Court of King's Bench, with detail section of frieze and cornice profile and semicircular staircase, as executed

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Passage adjoining the Court of King's Bench / Skylight / springings range with / those in the Court / Floor dimensions given

Signed and dated

c September 1826
dated in accordance with corresponding drawings sequence

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pink wash, pen, on wove paper (251 x 180)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman
by the same hand as SM 53/5/14v

Verso

see separate entry for drawing SM 53/5/5

Notes

The sheet is numbered 5 in red pen at the top right-hand recto corner, and appears to have been detached from a bound volume. The heavy block modillion cornice shown here also occured along the Public Corridor which ran along the west wall of Westminster Hall.

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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