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[139] Survey, New Law Courts, 14 October 1822
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Reference number
SM 53/1/3
Purpose
[139] Survey, New Law Courts, 14 October 1822
Aspect
Plan of the site for the New Court of Chancery and the Vice Chancellor's Court, showing the cleared area between Westminster Hall and The Stone Building, as extant
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Plan of the Site of the New Court of Chancery, - the Vice Chancellors Court &c / The Dimensions of these Brick / Buildings are taken above the Set offs / (verso) J[ohn] Soane Esq[uire]- / Lincolns Inn Fields / J[ohn] Fone dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 14/10/1822
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Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, on laid paper ( 404 x 318)
Watermark
J Bugden, 1820
Notes
The site plan as cleared following the demolition of buildings previously surveyed showing the butresses to four bays of Westminster Hall. The irregular profile of the lower (western) and right-hand (southern) edges of the plot reflects the inner faces of The Stone Building. The draughtsman, John Fone, served as an additional Labourer in Trust, appointed to oversee this project by the Office of Works. He is also represented in SM 53/1/3.
Literature
Sawyer, 1999: p 526, footnote 1554
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