Survey drawing of the old committee room and lobby to the House of Lords, December 1824

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        Survey drawings of the former committee rooms, December 1824

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Reference number

SM 51/2/1

Purpose

Survey drawing of the old committee room and lobby to the House of Lords, December 1824

Aspect

Section through the old committee room and lobby to the House of Lords looking south

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

labelled: Committee Room, Lobby to House of Lords, (pencil) level of street

Medium and dimensions

Pen and coloured washes, shaded, pricked for transfer on wove paper (359 x 523)

Hand

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

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt 1820

Notes

The medieval rooms forming the committee room and lobby to the House of Lords are very austere. The lobby has two discernibly Gothic features - the four-centred arched doorway and the pointed-arch leaded lights. To the left is one of the Ionic columns from the Royal Gallery. Remarkable is the steeply ramped 'sill' to the two windows in the 'Committee Room'. The windows are high up in the room, perhaps for reasons of privacy.

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