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Repairs to Roofs, July 1832-September 1832 (3)

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The earliest record of these remedial works occurs when George Bailey noted in the Day Books for 19 June 1832 that he met with John Phipps, a clerk at the Office of Woods (formerly the Office of Works) ‘respecting the settling of the lantern light at the Court of Exchequer’. Subsequent entries record that Bailey returned four times to the Law Courts during the following August, when his design for reinforcing the Exchequer’s roof was produced (SM 53/4/66). It appears this work raised similar concerns over the stability of the lantern over the Court of King’s Bench, for which Bailey also proposed reinforcements (SM 53/4/67). It appears that by this date, Soane had wholly delegated such matters to Bailey.

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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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