[1] Design for the first scheme for the building, 1767-68, unexecuted

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  - Hertford courts of justice and corn market (now the Shire Hall), Fore Street, Hertford, Hertfordshire: alternative schemes for the building, 1767-68 (9)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 38/31

Purpose

[1] Design for the first scheme for the building, 1767-68, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a building, with a central block of three bays recessed on the principal front, with a central blind window flanked by doors, and with five projecting bays on the garden front. The central block is flanked by three- by six-bay wings which are projecting on the principal front, and recessed on the garden front. The building contains courts, a judges' retiring room, and prison cells

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the Courts of Justice for the County & Town of Hertford / proposed to be built on a spot of Ground without the Town / A. Judges Seat / B. Seat for the Justices / C. Seats for the Council / D. Sheriffs Seat / E. Under Sheriffs Seat / F. Seats for the Grand Jury / G. Seats for Petty Jury / H. Seats for the Cryer / I. Seats for Witnesses / K. Seats for Jaylor & other Officers / L. Prisoners bar / A / B / B / C / D / E / Table / C / F / G / H / H / I / K / K / L / Passage & Gate over it / Passage & Gate over it / Court Room / Housekeepers Room / Stairs Leading to Gallery / Closet / Water Closet / Passage / Lobby / Retiring Room for the Judges &c / Water Closet / Passage / Passage / Lobby / Men prisoners / Women prisoners / Court Room / Great Staircase / B (in pencil) and measurements given (verso) 11 (in pencil) / 11 (in pencil) / Number 11 (in red pen)

Signed and dated

1767-68
date range: 1767-68

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (621 x 509)

Hand

James Adam

Watermark

XD&CB within a cartouche

Notes

See scheme notes.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 17
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 56 For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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