[403] Alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, c 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 Four: Forward Block, April-June 1824 (27)

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Reference number

SM 53/3/61

Purpose

[403] Alternative design, Westminster Hall and New Law Courts, c April 1824

Aspect

Plan of the main (ground) floor of the New Law Courts, showing the Bail Court and the Court of King's Bench, with ancillary accommodation, unexecuted

Scale

bar scale of ¹/₄ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

New Law Courts at Westminster. / Design for the Court of Kings Bench &^c. / Part of Westminster Hall. / Bail Court / Tribunal / Water / Closet (x 2) / Entrance from / New Palace / Yard. / Room for the / King's Counsel / &c / Court of Kings Bench dimensions given

Signed and dated

c 04/1824
1824-

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (511 x 567)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt / 1820

Notes

The four innermost columns forming the east wall of the Court of King's Bench have been erased and redrawn.

Literature

Sawyer, 1999: p 636, footnote 1888

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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