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[266] Working drawing, Court of Common Pleas, November 1825
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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 53/4/74
Purpose
[266] Working drawing, Court of Common Pleas, November 1825
Aspect
Plan and section of the main (ground) floor of the Court of Common Pleas, and adajacent corridors, with furnishings shown, as executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Seat (x 3) / Table with a flap / 6 Inches above floor / of Tribune / Acts i - i high / 10 1/2 wide dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 11/1825
dated in accordance with drawing SM 53/2/44
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, coloured washes including yellow, orange and blue, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (505 x 590)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt
Notes
There is a sketch in pencil for enclosing the south side of the Court with two curved partitions. The steps to the Jury Box on the north side have been drawn on a separate sheet, affixed over a rectangular cut (58 x 48). The furnishings here do not include the additional benches between the Public Corridor and the Court room proper, and the draught lobby to the entrance from Westminster Hall (see drawings SM 53/2/44 - 45).
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