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[62] Preliminary survey, Law Courts offices, c January 1822
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Reference number
SM 89/3/64
Purpose
[62] Preliminary survey, Law Courts offices, c January 1822
Aspect
Plan of the main (first) floor of the Court of Exchequer, with adjacent accommodation and offices between New Palace Yard and St Margaret's Street
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
A B C D E F / 3 Windows, First Floor / A Serv[ant]s Hall adj[oinin]g G[rea]t Staircase of Ho[use] of Com[mon]s / B King's Bench Leasing Office / C Waiting Room / D Waiting Room for Officers in attendance on the / Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench / E Handmaid's Closet / F Water Closet / G Lord Cheif Justice's Room of the Court / of King's Bench dimensions given (verso) External Heights / Room in Excheq[ue]r Coff[ee] Ho:[use] / Room [_] Stone Building - x √ / Gallery at end of Co.[urt] of Excheq[ue]r. O / Room over Olivers Coffee Ho[use] at the Corner & shut up / Attics over Gallery of the Xchequer dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c 01/1822
dated in accordance with known building campaign
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, on laid paper (359 x 249)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Verso
see separate entry for SM 89/3/64v
Watermark
Horned crown above escutcheon with fleur de lys and monogram
Notes
In the inscription, the accompanying legend does not relate to the adjacent plan, as the accommodation and offices described lie within the southern and south-eastern extent of the east range.
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.
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk