[496] Alternative design, New Law Courts and Record Building, 3 August 1829

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
    - New Law Courts - Second Scheme, 1821-29 (345)
      - Northern Range - Court of King's Bench, 1823-29 (207)
        Retroactive Designs, 1826-29 (48)
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Reference number

SM 53/6/6

Purpose

[496] Alternative design, New Law Courts and Record Building, 3 August 1829

Aspect

Elevation of Record Building, Westminster Hall and proposed Gothic façade to the Court of King's Bench from New Palace Yard, looking south, unexecuted

Scale

to a scale of ¹/₁₆ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

View of a Design for Gothicising the exterior of the Court of Kings Bench, and for a corresponding building / eastward of Westminster Hall to contain the Duchy Court of Lancaster. &^c. -

Signed and dated

03/08/1829
3^rd. Aug[u]^st. 1829

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, coloured washes of sepia, Payne's grey and burnt sienna, within single ruled border on laid paper (468 x 283)

Hand

Attributed to George Bailey (1792 - 1860), draughtsman

Watermark

W Weatherley

Notes

The erasures to the façades of the Duchy Court of Lancaster and the Court of King's Bench suggest that their respective details have been changed during the drawing process. The position of the corner towers to the Court of King's Bench façade is the most clear instance of this.

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