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[450] Alternative design, New Law Courts, c September 1826
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 53/8/52
Purpose
[450] Alternative design, New Law Courts, c September 1826
Aspect
Elevation of the north façade of the Court of King's Bench looking south, variant Gothic scheme, unexecuted
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- c 09/1826
dated in accordance with SM 53/8/21
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (401 x 283)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
W Weatherley / 1822
Notes
This design omits to indicate how the elevation will terminate on the corner of St Margaret's Street with New Palace Yard. It furthermore lacks any projection into the latter, and its fenestration is an unvariegated three tiers of rectangular mullioned windows under hoodmolds. That the drawing remained not worked up with wash and pen implies this solution was not deemed a success. An exterior perspective is shown in SM 53/8/58.
Literature
Sawyer, 1999: p 607; footnote 1795
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