[186] Working drawing, New Law Courts, c late 1822

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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)
      - Southern Range - Vice Chancellor's Court, Court of Chancery & Lord Chancellor's Room, 1822-29 (82)
        First Phase - Site, 1822-23 (19)

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Reference number

SM 53/2/70

Purpose

[186] Working drawing, New Law Courts, c late 1822 - 1823

Aspect

Plan of the main (ground) floor of the New Law Courts, covering the area between Westminster Hall and the south and west flanks of The Stone Building, showing the Vice Chancellor's Court, the Court of Chancery and accommodation for the Lord Chancellor, with ancillary offices, almost as executed

Scale

bar scale of ¹/₅ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

dimensions given

Signed and dated

c late 1822 - 1824
dated in accordance with known building campaign

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes of orange and blue, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (719 x 555)

Hand

Soane Office

Verso

Sketch plan, perhaps unrelated

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt

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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