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[182] Revised design, New Law Courts, late October 1822
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Reference number
SM 53/2/78
Purpose
[182] Revised design, New Law Courts, late October 1822
Aspect
Plan of the main (ground) floor of the New Law Courts, showing the area between Westminster Hall and The Stone Building, including the Vice Chancellor’s Court, The Court of Chancery, and accommodation for the Lord Chancellor, almost as executed
Scale
bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design for part of the New Law Courts at Westminster. / Scale of Feet. / The Vice-Chancellor’s Court / the Court of Chancery. / The Retiring Room / for / The Lord Chancellor / Entrance into the Court of Chancery dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 01-10-1822 - 31/10/1822
Oct[obe]r: 1822
dated in accordance with drawing SM 53/2/73
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, coloured washes of pink and blue, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (918 x 612)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
J Whatman / 1821
Notes
As in drawing SM 53/2/73 the passageway at the rear of The Stone Building’s central block was erroneously washed as a light well; this was subsequently erased. The ceilings of Court of Chancery and the Retiring Room are indicated in dashed line. Three additional portals giving access to the Public Corridor from Westminster Hall are shown with prominent Gothic mouldings. That leading to the Vice-Chancellor’s Court is shown with a draught lobby.
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