[494] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 22-25 April 1829

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Reference number

SM 53/3/17

Purpose

[494] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 22-25 April 1829

Aspect

Plan of the main (ground) floor of the Court of King's Bench, with adjacent offices and part of Westminster Hall, with ceiling details for the Court rooms, with affixed flyer, as originally executed

Scale

bar scale of ¹/₁₀ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the First Floor of the Court of Kings bench as designed. / Upper part of Westminster Hall / N[ota] B[ene]. The plan of the Attic is similar, lighted by Lanthorn windows (flyer) No 2./5 / Plan of the First Floor. / On this Floor are 8 Rooms .. / No. 1 .. about 27^Ft.0 by 16.0} / 2 _ 12.0 by 10.0} / 3_ 21.0 by 18.0} / 4_ 22.0 by 12.0} / 5_33.0 by 12.0} / 6_9.0 by 12.0} / 7_ 20.0 by 15.0} / 8_ 10.0 by 11.0} / + On the Floor above this are likewise 8 Rooms / of similar dimensions, making together / 16 Rooms applicable as Barristers Robing & Consulting / Rooms, - Rooms for Attornies, Solicitors & their / Clients – Retiring Rooms for Juries and Jurors / in Waiting, Witnesses &c. / J[ohn]. S[oane]. Arch[itec]^t. / March 1830

Signed and dated

22/04/1829-25/04/1829
sheet dated 25^th" April 1829
flyer dated March 1830

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, pink wash, pen pricked for transfer on wove paper (497 x 355); flyer (317 x 77)

Hand

Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 22 April 1829 notes that Charles Richardson was About Plans of [the] Court / of Kings Bench.

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt / 1827

Notes

This drawing is annotated in Soane's hand.

Level

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