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[353] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 1824
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Reference number
SM 53/3/25
Purpose
[353] Record drawing, Court of King's Bench, 1824
Aspect
Plan of the first floor of the Court of King's Bench and adjacent offices, with furnishings, and alternative plan of the west wall to St Margaret's Street, as originally executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
New Law Courts at Westminster. / Plan of the Rooms on the First Floor connected with the Court of King's Bench / as originally designed. -
Signed and dated
- 1824
1824
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, yellow wash, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (529 x 360)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Verso
Section through a building with a pitched roof, with a bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot, and rough elevation.
Notes
This drawing records the provisions of benches for barristers and their clients which Soane intended to be accommodated immediately adjacent to the Court. The New Palace Yard façade is shown with projecting corners, given extra visual strength by engaged pilasters; the latter introduced by Soane as a penultimate revision prior to adopting disengaged columns. This plan corresponds with the elevation shown on SM 53/8/25.
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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