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[217] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of Chancery, c 1824-26
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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 Vol 49/7
Purpose
[217] Preliminary survey on completion, Court of Chancery, c 1824-26
Aspect
Section through the passage leading to the Lobby of the Court of Chancery from The Stone Building, as executed
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Lobby Court of Chan[cer]y dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c 1824-26
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, on wove paper bound in volume (211 x 275)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Notes
The plan cover two adjacent leaves and is numbered as two sheets (SM Vol 49/6 and SM Vol 49/7). For ease and consistency of reference it is catalogued here in accordance with this pagination.
The section covers the linking bay at the western side of the Court of Chancery, which served as a Lobby for the Courtroom. It joined the latter to the south-eastern corner of the central block of The Stone Building, allowing for direct access to this Court from its designated entrance on the St Margaret's Street façade. The stairs shown in elevation led to the narrow passage between the Lord Chancellor's Room and the room for his attendants. Projecting above this into the Courtroom's gallery.
The section covers the linking bay at the western side of the Court of Chancery, which served as a Lobby for the Courtroom. It joined the latter to the south-eastern corner of the central block of The Stone Building, allowing for direct access to this Court from its designated entrance on the St Margaret's Street façade. The stairs shown in elevation led to the narrow passage between the Lord Chancellor's Room and the room for his attendants. Projecting above this into the Courtroom's gallery.
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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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