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Reference number

SM 53/4/73

Purpose

[428] Working drawing, final design, Court of King's Bench, 1824

Aspect

Plan of the Gothic screen wall and corner turret to the north and west façades of the Court of King's Bench, facing New Palace Yard, as executed

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to one foot

Inscribed

dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1824
    dated in accordance with known building campaign

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes of pink, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (727 x 544)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt / 1823

Notes

The lighter pink wash indicates the existing walls of the Court of King's Bench, while the darker tint shows the Gothic screen walls to be constructed at the behest of the Select Committee.

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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