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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.

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.

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