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[461] Alternative design, New Law Courts, c August-September 1826
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Reference number
SM 53/8/33
Purpose
[461] Alternative design, New Law Courts, c August-September 1826
Aspect
Elevation of the north façade of the Court of King's Bench looking south; variant Gothic schemes with curved corners and offices facing New Palace Yard reinstated, unexecuted
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- c 01/08/1826-30/09/1826
dated in accordance with SM 53/8/21
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, sepia wash, pricked for transfer on laid paper (474 x 293)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
C Ansell / 1818
Notes
This elevation reinstates curved corners set between clasping buttresses which terminate below parapet level. The ground-floor windows have four-centered heads with square hoodmoulds, while the prinicpal floor is lit by steeper pointed arches. Variants for tracery are shown in the right-hand windows. The central square turret, rotated through forty-five degrees, does not occur in other versions. The fenestration of the basement level is sketched in pencil.
Level
Drawing
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