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Alterations to Court of Chancery, December 1829-January 1830 (2)

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These revisions to the ancillary spaces around the Court of Chancery were made at the behest of the Lord Chancellor, John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (in office 2 May 1827-24 November 1830). The Day Book entries for first week of January 1830 record that George Bailey not only prepared plans for this revision but also prepared a report thereon. The additonal documentation may have been prompted by knowledge of a rival scheme by Messrs Skinner & Company; whose fanciful alterations Bailey forwarded to Colonel Stephenson on 7 Jaunary. The report does not survive with these drawings.

As shown in SM 53/2/68 this involved converting the lightwell directly adjacent to the south-west corner of the Court into an additional Robing Room for the Lord Chancellor’s attendants, and rearranging the pair of adjacent waterclosets. It appears that by this date, Soane had wholly delegated such matters to Bailey.

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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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