[165] Record drawing, New Law Courts, 1824

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  - London: Palace of Westminster: The New Law Courts, surveys and designs, 1820-32 (507)
    - New Law Courts - Second Scheme, 1821-29 (345)
      - Designs for the Whole Site, 1821-29 (15)

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Reference number

SM 53/1/25

Purpose

[165] Record drawing, New Law Courts, 1824

Aspect

Plan of the first floor of the New Law Courts, from New Palace Yard to the rear of the Stone Building, recording the skylights for anciliary accommodation and circulation spaces, as originally executed

Scale

bar scale of ¹/₁₀ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

General Plan of the New Law Courts at Westminster, on the level of the One Pair Floor. / (as designed) / Westminster Hall. / Room for / Solicitors, / Clients ^&c. / Upper part / of the / Bail Court. / Area. (x 6) / Upper part of the / Court of Kings Bench. / curtain (x 9) / Staircase / Law Library &c. / Counsel. / Upper part of the / Court of Exchequer. / Upper part of the / Court of Equity. / Retiring Room / for Jury. / Prison / Room. / Secondaries / Upper Part of the / Court of Common Pleas / Court Keeper / Court of Common Pleas / Upper part of the / Vice Chancellors Court. / Upper part of the / Court of Chancery.

Signed and dated

01/01/1824 - 31/12/1824
1824

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, wash, coloured washes including buff, pink, ochre and blue and pen within quadruple ruled wash border pricked for transfer on wove paper (621 x 445)

Hand

Soane Office

Verso

Rough plans and elevation in pencil, perhaps for a skylight.

Watermark

J Whatman / 1822

Notes

There are substantial erasures and redrawing for the Court of King's Bench and its adjacent accommodation. The lead roofs beneath this level are indicated in a dark blue; the skylights themselves washed in a grey-blue, and the raised coping between the roofs in buff. The curtains recorded here were intended to be hung as shown in drawings SM Vol 61/48 and SM Vol 61/49.

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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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