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[494] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 22-25 April 1829
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Reference number
SM 53/3/17
Purpose
[494] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 22-25 April 1829
Aspect
Plan of the main (ground) floor of the Court of King's Bench, with adjacent offices and part of Westminster Hall, with ceiling details for the Court rooms, with affixed flyer, as originally executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the First Floor of the Court of Kings bench as designed. / Upper part of Westminster Hall / N[ota] B[ene]. The plan of the Attic is similar, lighted by Lanthorn windows (flyer) No 2./5 / Plan of the First Floor. / On this Floor are 8 Rooms .. / No. 1 .. about 27Ft.0 by 16.0} / 2 _ 12.0 by 10.0} / 3_ 21.0 by 18.0} / 4_ 22.0 by 12.0} / 5_33.0 by 12.0} / 6_9.0 by 12.0} / 7_ 20.0 by 15.0} / 8_ 10.0 by 11.0} / + On the Floor above this are likewise 8 Rooms / of similar dimensions, making together / 16 Rooms applicable as Barristers Robing & Consulting / Rooms, - Rooms for Attornies, Solicitors & their / Clients – Retiring Rooms for Juries and Jurors / in Waiting, Witnesses &c. / J[ohn]. S[oane]. Arch[itec]t. / March 1830
Signed and dated
- 22/04/1829-25/04/1829
sheet dated 25th" April 1829
flyer dated March 1830
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, pink wash, pen pricked for transfer on wove paper (497 x 355); flyer (317 x 77)
Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 22 April 1829 notes that Charles Richardson was About Plans of [the] Court / of Kings Bench.
Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 22 April 1829 notes that Charles Richardson was About Plans of [the] Court / of Kings Bench.
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt / 1827
Notes
This drawing is annotated in Soane's hand.
Level
Drawing
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