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[44] Preliminary survey, Court of Common Pleas, 16 September 1822
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Reference number
SM Vol 49/9
Purpose
[44] Preliminary survey, Court of Common Pleas, 16 September 1822
Aspect
Section through the main (first) floor of the Court of Common Pleas and Westminster Hall, with a section of flights of steps in the passage in The Stone Building
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
W[estminste]r. Hall / Co[ur]t. of Common Pleas / Judges / Retiring / Room / Passage in Stone Bu[ildin]g / Pavement dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 16 September 1822
dated in accordance with correspoding Day Books entry
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, on wove paper bound in volume (275 x 212)
Hand
Attributed to Hiort, John William (1772--1861), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 16 September 1822 notes that John Hiort was at the Courts of Law / Taking Plans and / Sections at West[minste]r.
The Day Book entry for 16 September 1822 notes that John Hiort was at the Courts of Law / Taking Plans and / Sections at West[minste]r.
Notes
The drawing cover two adjacent leaves and is numbered as two sheets (SM Vol 49/8 and SM Vol 49/9). For ease and consistency of reference it is catalogued here as two sheets. This drawing and those on the adjacent leaf (SM Vol 49/8) record the numerous changes in levels in the buildings to the south of Westminster Hall, also recorded in SM 37/1/7.
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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.
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