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Survey drawing of additions and alterations to the House of Lords, 20 March 1827
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Reference number
SM 51/3/12
Purpose
Survey drawing of additions and alterations to the House of Lords, 20 March 1827
Aspect
Plan of the Ground Floor
Scale
bar scale of 1/15 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: House of Lords, Arcade, Masters / in / Chancery, Staircase (5 times), Additional / Clerk / Assistant, Reading / Clerks / Room, The Peers Entrance, Hall, Area (5 times), Vaults under House of Lords &c, Servants / Hall, Bishops / Servants, The Bishops Entrance, Bishops / Waiting / Room, Scala Regia, Cellar, Mrs Wagner, 24'6'', 26'0'', Cellar (3 times), Passage, Parliamentary Papers of the House of Lords, 82.6, 8.6 high, Hall, Clerks / Room, Clerks Room / No 1 / 24'0'' x 21'9'' / 11.9 high, Clerks Room / No 2 / 18.0 by 15.6, (pencil) 20.6, (pencil) Waiting / Room, 18.0 by 15.6, Clerks Room / No 4 / 24.0 by 21'9'', Door, Passage, (pencil) 4 Clerks Room / 28'3'' by 25'9'' / 11.9, 25'9'' by 19'0'' / (pencil) 2 Clerks Room, 17'9'' by 12'0'', 25.9 by 14'6'' / (pencil) 2 Clerks Room, 4.6, Door, 14'6'', Plan of the Ground Floor, Vaults under Painted Chamber and (pencil) some calculations
Signed and dated
- 20 March 1827
Lincolns Inn Fields / 20 March 1827 and (in Soane's hand) J.S. 21 March 1827
Medium and dimensions
Pen, black, pink, dark pink, sepia, blue and yellow washes, pricked for transfer with double ruled border on wove paper (545 x 425)
Hand
Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871)
Pupil February 1824 - January 1827.
Pupil February 1824 - January 1827.
Watermark
J Whatman Turkey Mill 1825
Notes
This drawing shows the extent of Soane's alterations and additions to the House of Lords between 1822 and 1827. The new work is shown in the customary pink wash. At the bottom of the sheet is the Royal Entrance giving onto the Scala Regia. Immediately to the left (north) of the Scala Regia are the cellars and servants' rooms beneath the new library and, east of this, the floor beneath the Royal Gallery used for the storage of parliamentary papers. At the top of the sheet (towards the river) are Soane's latest additions, the new Committee Rooms. All of Soane's works fall on the south side of the Painted Chamber and the House of Lords, whose thick medieval walls are shown in black wash. The regularity of Soane's additions contrasts with the historic layout of the medieval Palace. The drawing is signed and dated at the bottom of the sheet by Soane, now aged 73.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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