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[449] Alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, early 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 53/8/66
Purpose
[449] Alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, early April 1824
Aspect
Elevation of Westminster Hall with a Gothic façade to the Court of King's Bench and a corresponding Record Building, unexecuted
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 01/04/1824 - 15/04/1824
dated in accordance with SM 53/8/58
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, coloured washes of sepia, burnt sienna and Payne's grey, within single ruled border on wove paper (590 x 415)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
Weatherley & Lane / 1818
Notes
For this proposal, the vantage point is taken from the eastern side of New Palace Yard. The elevations most closely relate to that shown for the Court of King's Bench in SM 53/8/52 and SM 53/8/58. The large arches in the Record Building's façade would have given 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.
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk