[343] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of King's Bench, 19 September 1826

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Reference number

SM 53/5/7

Purpose

[343] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of King's Bench, 19 September 1826

Aspect

Sections through the skylight for the main (ground) floor of the Court of King's Bench, after alterations, as finally executed

Scale

to a rough scale

Inscribed

Skylight of the C[our]^t. of / King's Bench. as altered. / A (x 5) / brick (x 2) / Fret as in the C[our]^t. of Exc[hequer]. /Stone (x 3) dimensions given

Signed and dated

19/09/1826
19th. Sept[embe]r. 1826. (S[tephen]. B[urchell].)

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pink wash, pen, on wove paper (213 x 274)

Hand

Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
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Verso

see the separate entry for drawing SM 53/5/7v

Notes

This drawing records the form of the lantern light over the Court room in its final form (compare SM 53/3/1 - 2). Also recorded is the chimneystack for fireplaces within the rooms of the linking range between Westminster Hall and the Court of King's Bench; the stack in question being concealed from New Palace Yard behind the crenelles of the parapet.

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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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