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[430] Working drawing, Court of King's Bench, c 1824-25
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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 53/3/28
Purpose
[430] Working drawing, Court of King's Bench, c 1824-25
Aspect
Plan and of the main (ground) floor of the Court of King's Bench, and adajacent office and corridors, with furnishings shown, with new screen wall and corner turret to New Palace Yard, as executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Court of King's Bench as altered by the Committee / desk (x 2) / clerks / Jury / K[ing's]. C[ounsel]. / Kings Counsell / S[eat] (x 10) / Seat (x 12) / Seat for Crown & Civil [_] / Students / Tribunall
Signed and dated
- c 1824-25
dated in accordance with known building campaign
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, coloured washes of yellow, orange and blue, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (732 x 466)
Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837), architect
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt
Notes
The drawing is annotated in Soane's hand. The New Palace Yard and west façades of the Court of King's Bench are shown as reconstructed upon the intervention of the Select Committee.
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