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[416] Alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, 31 May 1824
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Reference number
SM 53/8/36
Purpose
[416] Alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, 31 May 1824
Aspect
Exterior perspective of the Court of King's Bench and Westminster Hall from the north east looking south west, unexecuted
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
View of a Design for the exterior of the New Court of Kings Bench at Westminster.
Signed and dated
- 31/05/1824
31st. May. 1824
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes of raw sienna, sepia and Payne's grey, on wove paper (542 x 422)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
in the same hand as SM 53/3/34 - 37.
in the same hand as SM 53/3/34 - 37.
Watermark
Weatherley & Lane / 1818
Notes
The Court of King's Bench elevation to New Palace Yard is now of five-bays with curved corners and the attic storey recessed. Its principal floor is lit by three Venetian windows set within recessed arches; a motif adopted from the Stone Building, with secondary rectangular windows inbetween. The ground floor has five windows, with access through portals on the corners.
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