Design for new committee rooms and a new House of Lords, June 1825

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  - London: Palace of Westminster: designs for alterations and additions, 1793-1828 (499)
    - London: House of Lords, Palace of Westminster: alterations and additions, 1817-28 (220)
      - New committee rooms and library, 1824-27 (56)
        Designs for new committee rooms and House of Lords (plans), June 1825

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Reference number

SM 51/3/37

Purpose

Design for new committee rooms and a new House of Lords, June 1825

Aspect

Site plan

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

labelled: The River Thames, New House of / Lords, Area (twice), Ante Room, New Gallery, Committee / Room, Scala Regia, Bishops / Robing Room, Arch Bishops / Robing / Room, The Painted Chamber, His Majesty's / Robing Room, The House of Lords, Lobby, The House of Commons, The Speakers House, Westminster Hall

Signed and dated

June 1825
June

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink, sepia and blue washes, pricked for transfer on thin wove paper with one fold mark (525 x 648)

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

This design for a new House of Lords with new committee rooms and offices recalls some of Soane's earlier designs made from circa 1795 (SM 16/7/1-3, 51/3/32, 35, 36, P263, P256, XP21). The frontage to the new House of Lords is replicated to the north, although in this design - unlike the earlier designs - the two ranges are not linked together. To the north of Westminster Hall, in pink wash, is the outline of Soane's new Law Courts. An interesting pencil addition to the drawing is the two groin-vaulted ceilings in the Royal Gallery. The ceilings had been completed in 1824 as shallow domes with lanterns.

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Drawing

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