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[34] Preliminary survey, Law Courts offices, c 1820-22
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Reference number
SM 89/3/48
Purpose
[34] Preliminary survey, Law Courts offices, c 1820-22
Aspect
Plan of the basement floor of offices and accommodation adjacent to the south wall of Westminster Hall, adjacent to the Court of Common Pleas
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Westm[inste]r. Hall / Yard / Area / A B C D E F G H I K dimensions given (verso) A Servants Hall / Mr Lee Clerk of Parl[iamen]t / B Scullery D[itt]o/ C Larder Do / D Mr Hewitts Kings Bench Record Office Wash house / E Passage leading to Grand Jury Room in W[estminste]r Hall / F Water Closet / G Mr Hewetts Coal Cellar / H Wine Cellar / Mr Bellamy / H D[itt]o (x 2) / I Yard belongs to Court of Kings Bench / K D to Court of Kings Bench dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c 1820-22
dated in accordance with known building campaign
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, on laid paper (387 x 251)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Verso
Legend for labels
Watermark
J Bugden / 1818
Notes
This is a preliminary survey made on site, perhaps one of the drawings whose details were combined to produce the finely worked SM 53/1/9.
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