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[419] Alternative design, New Law Courts, c June 1824
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Reference number
SM 53/1/30
Purpose
[419] Alternative design, New Law Courts, c June 1824
Aspect
Plan of the perimeter of the north-west corner of the New Law Courts, at the main (ground-floor) level, including the anciliary accommodation for the Court of King's Bench facing New Palace Yard, the façade shown with slightly projecting square corners containing entrances (in pink), overlaid by a variant proposed recessing the latter accommodation (in wash) with further variants for applying a giant order to the latter design, and a portico to the pavilion tower of The Stone Building, not executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
(pencil) Center line of the C[our]t. of Kings Bench
Signed and dated
- c 06/1824
dated in accordance with associated drawings
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pink wash, wash, pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (539 x 376)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt / 1823
Notes
The proposal for the pavilion tower of The Stone Building may relate to the comparative elevations in SM 53/8/23 and SM 53/8/24.
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