[254] Finished drawing, New Law Courts, 24 July 1823

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Reference number

SM 53/7/2

Purpose

[254] Finished drawing, New Law Courts, 24 July 1823

Aspect

Plan with fold-out wall elevations for water closets located between the New Law Courts and the House of Commons, possibly as executed

Scale

bar scale of ¹/₁₀ inch to 1 foot.

Inscribed

Plan & Section of two / Water Closets between New / Courts & House of Commons / Cistern / swing window / Front of Cisterns / Skylight (verso) Courts of Law / Plans / Various designs for the / Courts of Chancery and / the Vice-Chancellors Court. dimensions given

Signed and dated

24/07/1823
July 24^th, 1823

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pink wash, pen, on wove paper (530 x 376)

Hand

Possibly Charles Edward Papendiek (1801 - 1835), draughtsman
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Verso

plan of water closets (to a larger scale) in pen

Notes

This drawing may have be worked-up from the dimensions Charles Papendiek recorded at the New Law Courts on the proceeding day. These water closets were located at the extreme south end of the site, located in the angle between the end of the Public Corridor and the vestibule leading to the House of Commons’ Lobby. Their location with a variant arrangement for the 'cacatiji', as Soane referred to such provisions, is shown in SM 53/2/70.

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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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