[5] Record drawing, Law Courts, 6

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Reference number

SM 37/2/28

Purpose

[5] Record drawing, Law Courts, 6 - 7 April 1824

Aspect

Plan of the main (first) floor of the Law Courts, including the north wall of Westminster Hall, but excluding the eastern flanking range of The Stone Building

Scale

to a scale of ¹/₁₈ inch to 1 foot

Signed and dated

06/04/1824 - 07/04/1824
dated in accordance with corresponding entries in Day Books

Medium and dimensions

Pen, wash, red pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (518 x 376)

Hand

Stephen Burchell (1806 - c.1843), draughtsman
The Day Book entries for 6 - 7 April 1824 note that Stephen Burchell was Copying Plans of Buildings / at Westminster.

Verso

see separate entry for drawing SM 37/2/28v

Notes

This plan is evidently a copy of an existing drawing, prepared before the demolition of the Augmentation Office, which is shown projecting from the north-west corner of the site. However, as with SM 37/2/29, it does not show the eastern flanking range of The Stone Building, which was used by the House of Commons, rather than the Law Courts. The Judges' Coachouse, located between the central block of The Stone Building and the King's and Treasurer's Remembrancers Offices, is also absent, suggesting it had been demolished at the time of the original survey (see SM 37/1/17). An adjacent building, projecting from the south-west corner of New Palace Yard, is shown in line profile only. This appears to be part of the Ordnance Office.

Though undated, this drawing appears to be one of the series of copies made from drawings held by the Office of Works in April 1824. It is clearly related to SM 37/2/29, which shows the same plan to the same dimensions, but with annotations.

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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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