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[355] Preliminary design, Court of King's Bench, c 1823
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Reference number
SM 53/8/70v
Purpose
[355] Preliminary design, Court of King's Bench, c 1823
Aspect
Plans of parts of the main (ground) floor of the Court of King's Bench and anciliary offices, to different scales, as part executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- c 1823
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper (574 x 481)
Hand
Soane Office
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt / 1823
Notes
The lower plan of the main (ground) floor clearly incorporates the proposed giant order on the exterior corners. The upper plan of the first (gallery) floor shows the staircase in its original position adjacent to the Court of King's Bench, not in the penultimate western bay of the New Palace Yard façade as constructed (see SM 53/2/27).
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