[367] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, c 11 September 1826

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Office of Works
  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
    - New Law Courts - Second Scheme, 1821-29 (345)
      - Northern Range - Court of King's Bench, 1823-29 (207)
        Giant Order Scheme, 1823-26 (17)
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Reference number

SM 53/8/17

Purpose

[367] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, c 11 September 1826

Aspect

Plan of the upper (gallery) floor of the Court of King's Bench, the Bail Court and adjacent offices, with ceilings and skylights indicated, as originally executed

Scale

¹/₁₂ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

The New Court of KING'S BENCH - Plan of the One Pair Floor. / as it was in . March - 1824. / (N^o.3)

Signed and dated

c 11/09/1826
dated in accordance with SM 53/8/14 - 16

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes of brown and blue, pen, pricked for transfer on laid paper (491 x 305)

Hand

Probably Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman

Watermark

W Weatherley

Notes

One of the sequence of drawings running SM 53/8/12 - 18. There are minor erasures to the inner curve of the north façade to New Palace Yard with regard to the Barristers Entrance and staircase.

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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