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