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  • image SM Vol 49/6

Reference number

SM Vol 49/6

Purpose

[116] Preliminary survey, The Stone Building, c 1822

Aspect

Section through the southern range of The Stone Building, showing the central staircase, looking west

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

window / in room / 14 risers / Passage to H[all] dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c 1822
    dated in accordance with known survey campaigns

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, on wove paper bound in volume (212 x 273)

Hand

Probably John William Hiort (1772 - 1861), draughtsman

Notes

The section covers two adjacent leaves and is numbered as two sheets (SM Vol 49/6 and SM Vol 49/7). For ease and consistency of reference it is catalogued here as two sheets. There are sketch details of part of a staircase and a Classical impost moulding. The staircase was located immediately adjacent to the south-west corner of Westminster Hall. It gave access from the ground to the second floor of The Stone Building, connecting with the passages which led to Lobby of the House of Commons and the southern entrance to Westminster Hall. It was distinguished amongst The Stone Building's interiors by the use free-standing Doric and Ionic columns, in their orthodox hierarchical tiering.

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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