Survey drawing of the rooms under the old committee rooms, 13 December 1824

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        Survey drawings of the former committee rooms, December 1824

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Reference number

SM 51/2/5

Purpose

Survey drawing of the rooms under the old committee rooms, 13 December 1824

Aspect

Plan of Rooms under / Committee & other Rooms / adjoining the House of Lords

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled: Part of the New Entrance, Area (3 times), M^rs Wagners / Room, M^rs Wagners / Kitchen, Wine Cellar, Lumber Room, Cellars &^c, Court (twice), Staircase (twice), Bishops Staircase, Bishops Waiting / Room, Entrance Hall, Cellars, Servants Hall, Under Robing Room, Under Lobby / of Robing Room, Under Painted Chamber and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

13 December 1824
L.I.F. / Dec^r 13^th 1824

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink, yellow, blue and black washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (513 x 721)

Hand

David Alfred Mocatta (1806 - 1882)
Pupil March 1821 - February 1827.

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt 1820

Notes

The old Committee Rooms and service areas were located to the south of the Painted Chamber, with the new Scala Regia and Royal Gallery to the south and east. The irregular layout of the rooms and the thickness of the walls of, for example, the Servants' Hall are an indication of the age of the buildings.

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