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Reference number

SM 53/8/47

Purpose

[300] Working drawing, Court of King's Bench, 1824

Aspect

Elevation of the north wall of the Court of King's Bench and linking range to Westminster Hall, with curved corners, as part executed

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Circular (x 6) / M / L / K dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1824
    dated in accordance with known building campaign

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, pen, red pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (637 x 457)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Verso

Preliminary plan of the north wall of the Court of King's Bench (pencil)

Notes

The two series of measurements (in brown and red pen) relate to the upper storey of the façade, directly below the entablature. This implies this drawing served the purposes of quantity surveying immediately prior to, or during, construction. The elevation itself is shown without the intended giant order, and three blind openings above the Venetian windows of the main (first) floor.

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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