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[388] Penultimate design, New Law Courts, 14 April 1824
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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 53/3/45
Purpose
[388] Penultimate design, New Law Courts, 14 April 1824
Aspect
Elevation of the Court of King's Bench to St Maragret's Street, with a Gothic façade, with a polygonal corner turret and traceried windows, showing the junction with the northern range of The Stone Building, and the floor levels indicated (in pink), not as executed
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Sketch of a Design for Gothicising the West Front of the New Court of Kings Bench as ordered by the Committee / A / The same as A / the Windows / the same as those / on the Towers of W[estminster] H[all] dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 14/04/1824
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Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, wash, coloured washes including pink, raw umber, burnt umber and sepia, pricked for transfer on wove paper (742 x 534)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Notes
The corner turret shown here agrees with that shown in SM 53/3/43. The exact form of the Gothic windows to the north façade of the Court of King's Bench is clearly still under consideration; the upper are shown with four lights, the lower with six lights and with various hood mouldings and head stops. The annotation suggesting an adoption of those on the towers of Westminster Hall was later followed in execution.
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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.
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk