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[148] Finished drawing, New Law Courts, c July 1821
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Reference number
SM 53/1/10
Purpose
[148] Finished drawing, New Law Courts, c July 1821
Aspect
Plan of the main (ground) floor of the New Law Courts, incorporating the existing Court of Exchequer and returning the flanking wing of The Stone Building to St Margaret's Street, unexecuted
Scale
scale of 1/18 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- c/07/1821
dated in accordance with known building campaign
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, wash, with grey wash and pen, pricked for transfer on laid paper (487 x 302)
Hand
Soane Office
Watermark
W Weatherley
Notes
A fair copy in a distinctive meticulous hand (which may be the same as in drawing SM 53/1/9). The new buildings of this scheme are shown in light grey wash, in contrast to the existing which are shown in black wash. Here, the core of the existing Court of Exchequer is retained, including the polygonal stair turret giving access to New Palace Yard. Internally, the latter Court is completely recast, with windows recessed into convex alcoves behind colonnades; the latter perhaps supporting galleries. The existing pair of spiral staircases either side of the entrance to the Court of Common Pleas are also retained. This suggests that at least the basement level was incorporated into this scheme. That the existing Court of Exchequer is to be retained suggests this plan relates to the first Law Courts scheme, prepared by Soane from 1820-1821. This scheme is shown to a larger scale and in greater detail in drawing SM 53/1/13.
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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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