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[246] Preliminary survey on completion, Vice Chancellor's Court, c 1824
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM Vol 49/36
Purpose
[246] Preliminary survey on completion, Vice Chancellor's Court, c 1824
Aspect
Section through the Vice Chancellor's Court, looking south and associated section details, as executed
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Vice 6 6 (x 2) / robing rooms. / Floor of / Courts / 12 13 14 15 / honey / suckles / small / window (dimensions given)
Signed and dated
- c 1824
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, on wove paper bound in volume (212 x 275)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
Fellows & Sons / 1821
Notes
The main section shows half of the interior of the Vice Chancellor's Court, looking towards the western wall. The furnishings of the tribunal, inlcuding its canopy and Royal Arms are omitted. Above this is a section study for part of a robing room, showing an arched opening in a surrounding recessed arch and an associated clerestory dormer. This was located immediately adjacent to the Court's south wall. In the inscription, Honey / suckles refers to the characteristic, volute-borne crested frieze which demarked the two levels of the Court's interior. An elevation detail of the latter is shown in SM Vol 51/1.
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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