[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.

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