[139] Survey, New Law Courts, 14 October 1822

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  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
    - New Law Courts - Site Plans, 1822 (4)

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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.

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