[171] Preliminary survey on completion, New Law Courts, May 1824

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
    - New Law Courts - Second Scheme, 1821-29 (345)
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Reference number

SM Vol 54/10

Purpose

[171] Preliminary survey on completion, New Law Courts, May 1824

Aspect

Plans of skylights for anciliary spaces, the New Law Courts, Westminster, as executed

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Skylights. New Courts. Westminster / Staircase / nearest the / Bail Court / C[ommon]. P[leas] (x 2) / Coping (x 2) / Equity (x 2) / Exche[quer] - / K[ings] / B[ench]. (x 2) / R[ecord] / R[oom]. / V[ice] C[hancellor's] / H (x 4) dimensions given

Signed and dated

01/05/1824 - 30/05/1824
May 1824

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, on wove paper bound in volume (212 x 281)

Hand

Possibly Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman

Notes

In the inscription H marks the centre line of each plan. This drawing is clearly part of a survey of existing skylights (see SM Vol 54/17) and can be compared to a more worked-up record of these elements in SM 53/1/25.

Literature

Sawyer, 1999: p 627

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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