[331] Preliminary survey on completion, Chief Barons' Retiring Room, c March 1826

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Reference number

SM 53/5/8

Purpose

[331] Preliminary survey on completion, Chief Barons' Retiring Room, c March 1826

Aspect

Plan with laid-out elevations of the Chief Barons' Retiring Room, with a section of skylight and details, as executed

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

A B C D E F g H / a - three beads flush / b - three beads flush smaller / c 3 beads flush / E - three beads flush / Section on the line A.B / Section on the line C.D / Section on the line E F / D projecting beads / see parts at large / 1 bead / 2 beads flush (x 3) / 3 beads flush / Court of Exchequer / Area / Passage (x 2) / Chief Barons retiring Room / Lanthorn Light - (Ground) dimensions given

Signed and dated

c 03/1826
dated in accordance with known building campaign

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, on wove paper (279 x 212)

Hand

Possibly Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
This drawing appears to be associated with the survey of the Law Courts undertaken by Stephen Burchell in mid-March 1826

Verso

see separate entry for SM 53/5/8v

Watermark

J Whatman / 1823

Notes

The sheet is numbered 15 in red pen at the top right-hand corner, and appears to have been detached from a bound volume. In the inscription the references to beading relate to the wainscot of this room, which ran from the floor to the springing of the arches.

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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