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[446] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 25 April 1829
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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 53/3/12
Purpose
[446] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 25 April 1829
Aspect
Plan of the main (ground) floor of the Court of King's Bench, with the Bail Court and adjacent offices, with the entrances from St Margaret's Street and Westminster Hall, with the screen wall to New Palace Yard, as finally executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Court of King's Bench &c as altered by Order of a Select Committee of the House of Commons. / Part of Westminster Hall. / The / Bail Court / Entrance from Westminster Hall into the Court of Kings Bench / Jury Box / Entrance for / the Judges of the / Court of Kings Bench / Vestibule / Attendants / on the / Judges / The Judges / Retiring Room / New Palace Yard
Signed and dated
- 25/04/1829
25th.. April 1829
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, coloured washes including ochre, pink and blue, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (497 x 407)
Hand
Possibly Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman
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