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[448] Alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, 12 April 1824
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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 53/8/58
Purpose
[448] Alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, 12 April 1824
Aspect
Exterior perspective of the New Law Courts from the north east, with a Gothic façade to the Court of King's Bench and a corresponding Record Building, unexecuted
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
No. 16 (x 2)
Signed and dated
- 12/04/1824
12/4/[18]24
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes of burnt sienna, sepia and blue, within single ruled border on wove paper (542 x 417)
Hand
Possibly George Bailey (1792 - 1860), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 12 April 1824 records that Geroge Bailey was About Plans &c. of the New Courts for the Select Committee &c. &c.
Possibly Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 12 April 1824 records that Stephen Burchell was working on drawings of the New Courts at Westminster.
Possibly Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 12 April 1824 records that Charles Richardson was Drawing a view of the front of the Courts of Law.
The Day Book entry for 12 April 1824 records that Geroge Bailey was About Plans &c. of the New Courts for the Select Committee &c. &c.
Possibly Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 12 April 1824 records that Stephen Burchell was working on drawings of the New Courts at Westminster.
Possibly Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 12 April 1824 records that Charles Richardson was Drawing a view of the front of the Courts of Law.
Watermark
Weatherley & Lane / 1818
Notes
For this proposal, the vantage point is taken from the eastern side of New Palace Yard. The proposed elevations most closely relate to that shown for the Court of King's Bench in SM 53/8/52 and SM 53/8/66. The large arch in the left-hand foreground was already in exsistence by this date, and gave access to St Stephen's Court, immediately behind the proposed range, on the south side of which stood the Speaker's House.
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.
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