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[356] Design, Court of King's Bench, c 1823
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Reference number
SM 64/1/10v
Purpose
[356] Design, Court of King's Bench, c 1823
Aspect
Plan of the northern part of the New Law Courts; the main (ground) floor of the Court of King’s Bench, the anteroom and adjacent passages, almost as executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- c 1823
dated in accordance with known building campaign
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper (732 x 526)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Verso
[Recto] Elevation and plan of an organ case set below a segmental arch.
Notes
This design records a penultimate arrangement for circulation around the Court of King’s Bench, prior to the intervention of the 1824 Select Committee. The area shown extends from Westminster Hall to the east, to the completed wing of The Stone Building on St Margaret's Street to the west. The vestibule staircase facing New Palace Yard was moved to the penultimate westernmost bay, thereby increasing the size of the King’s Bench Anteroom to three bays. The semi-circular staircase at the western end of the passage between the Courts of King’s Bench and Equity was omitted.
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.
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk