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[244] Preliminary survey on completion, Vice Chancellor's Court, 3-8 January 1825
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM 53/5/16v
Purpose
[244] Preliminary survey on completion, Vice Chancellor's Court, 3-8 January 1825
Aspect
Plan of the main floor of the Vice Chancellor's Court and ancillary spaces, including the Court room ceiling with section through mouldings, shown with lantern and skylights, as originally executed
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Fret / Judges Seat / Water Closet dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 03/01/1825 - 08/01/1825
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, on wove paper (281 x 210)
Hand
Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entries for 3 - 8 January 1825 record that Stephen Burchell was engaged in drawing the Court of King's Bench.
The Day Book entries for 3 - 8 January 1825 record that Stephen Burchell was engaged in drawing the Court of King's Bench.
Notes
The same details of skylights are shown more accurately in SM 53/4/69. The three arches giving access to the Public Corridor and Westminster Hall were altered after construction to form a single segmental arch (see SM 53/5/22v).
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