[164] Record drawing, New Law Courts, 1824

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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)
      - Designs for the Whole Site, 1821-29 (15)

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Reference number

SM 53/3/16

Purpose

[164] Record drawing, New Law Courts, 1824

Aspect

Plan of the basement floor of the New Law Courts, from New Palace Yard to the rear of the Stone Building, as originally executed

Scale

bar scale of ¹/₁₀ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

General Plan of the New Law Courts at Westminster, shewing the Rooms in the Basement Story (as designed)

Signed and dated

01/01/1824 - 31/12/1824
1824

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes of buff, pink and blue and pen within quadruple ruled border pricked for transfer on wove paper (620 x 443)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

J Whatman / 1822

Literature

Sawyer, 1999: p 635, footnote 1884

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.

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