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  • image SM 53/8/13

Reference number

SM 53/8/13

Purpose

[445] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 12 September 1826

Aspect

Plan of the second floor of the Court of King's Bench and adjacent offices, as executed, recording the original north perimeter to New Palace Yard, demolished

Scale

1/12 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

The New Court of KING'S BENCH. Second Floor - / as it now is, agreeable to the Direction / of the Committee - / No.4

Signed and dated

  • 12/09/1826
    Bath / September 12 / 1826.

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, brown wash, pen, pricked for transfer on laid paper (471 x 283)

Hand

Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 12 September 1826 notes that Charles Richardson was About part of the plan of the New Courts.

Verso

Sketch plan of level changes between the House of Commons, the Long Gallery and the House of Lords

Watermark

W Weatherley

Notes

One of the sequence of drawings running SM 53/8/12-18. The position of the footings for the demolished New Palace Yard façade has been altered.

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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