[376] Alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, 8 April 1824

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Office of Works
  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
    - New Law Courts - Second Scheme, 1821-29 (345)
      - Northern Range - Court of King's Bench, 1823-29 (207)
        Select Committee Revisions, 1824-29 (79)
        Alternative Number One: Solid Block, April 1824 (6)

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Reference number

SM 53/3/34

Purpose

[376] Alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, 8 April 1824

Aspect

Exterior perspective of the New Law Courts from the north west, with a Gothic façade to the Court of King's Bench, with octagonal corner turret, not as executed

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

View of the North Front of the New Courts to accompany Plan N^o.1.

Signed and dated

08/04/1824
John Soane Arch[itect]. / 8^th. April 1824

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, coloured washes of sepia and Payne's grey, on wove paper (568 x 450)

Hand

Possibly George Bailey (1792 - 1860), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 8 April 1824 notes that George Bailey was About Drawings of the / New Courts.
Possibly Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 8 April 1824 notes that Stephen Burchell was About drawings of the / New Courts.
Possibly David Alfred Mocatta (1806 - 1882), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 8 April 1824 notes that David Mocatta was About drawings of the / New Courts.

Watermark

Weatherley & Lane / 1818

Notes

A proposal for radically reducing the footprint of the New Law Courts at their northern extent. The four-bay range shown is positioned perpendicular to the penultimate northern bay of Westminster Hall, leaving the medieval entrance to the Court of Exchequer visible.

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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.

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