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Design for the ground floor of the new committee rooms, 28 January 1825
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Reference number
SM 51/2/6
Purpose
Design for the ground floor of the new committee rooms, 28 January 1825
Aspect
Plan of the Library at the House of Lords erected 1825 (sic - see scheme notes)
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: Water Closet, Lobby and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 28 January 1825
28th January 1825
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink, sepia and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (489 x 683)
Hand
Soane Office
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt 1820
Notes
The only rooms that are labelled on this ground floor plan are the lobby and water closet next to the Scala Regia but the large room is the new committee room parallel to the Royal Gallery (to the east/right). It appears to have a pyramidal skylight in the middle of the roof.
On 20 June 1825 the Lords Committee decided to transform the committee room into a library. By that time new committee rooms were being planned towards the Thames and the provision of a new library had become a necessity. The total cost was £10,150.
On 20 June 1825 the Lords Committee decided to transform the committee room into a library. By that time new committee rooms were being planned towards the Thames and the provision of a new library had become a necessity. The total cost was £10,150.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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