Survey drawing of additions and alterations to the House of Lords, 20 March 1827

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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)
        Survey and record drawings of the alterations and additions to the House of Lords, March-October 1827

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Reference number

SM 51/3/13

Purpose

Survey drawing of additions and alterations to the House of Lords, 20 March 1827

Aspect

Plan of the Upper Floor shewing the New Rooms over the New Committee Rooms &^c

Scale

bar scale of 1/15 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, House of Lords, labelled: Clerk of / the Table, Yeoman / Usher, Black Rod, Committee / Room / N^o 1, Passage, Partition, 38'0'', 17'0'', Committee / Room / N^o 2, Sergeant / at / Arms, Deputy / Sergeant / at Arms, Earl Marshall, Librarian (twice), Staircase, Upper part of the House of Lords, Upper part of the Painted Chamber, Door Keepers Apartments (M^r Wright), Area, Room containing / Papers / 25' by 25' / 7.4, Upper part of the / Lord G^t Chamberlains / Room, (pencil) Unappropriated, 18.0 by 15.9 / 7.4, Passage, (pencil) Unappropriated, 18.0 by 15.9, Upper part of / Committee Room / N^o 4, 20'0'' by 28'6'' / 8.0, Assistant Reading / Clerks Room / 25.9 by 19.0, 17'9'' by 12'0'' / ----- (illegible) Clerks, Staircase, 22'0'' by 18'0'', 26'0'' by 15'0'', This Floor 8'0'' high / (pencil) Unappropriated, Plan of the Upper Floor

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, sepia, pink, dark pink, blue, grey-blue and yellow washes, pricked for transfer with double ruled border on wove paper (547 x 428)

Hand

Charles James Richardson (1806 - 1871)
Pupil February 1824 - January 1827.

Watermark

J Whatman Turkey Mill 1825

Notes

The regularity of Soane's additions contrasts with the historic layout of the medieval Palace of Westminster. The drawing is signed and dated by Soane, aged 73.

The rooms of several officers are labelled. These include the 'Clerk of the Table' (who records the decisions of the House), 'Black Rod' and the 'Yeoman Usher' (responsible for the security of the House of Lords), the 'Sergeant at Arms' (responsible for the security of the House of Commons), the 'Earl Marshall' (who organises coronations and state openings of Parliament and is the head of the College of Arms), and the 'Lord Great Chamberlain' (who has charge over the Palace of Westminster).

Level

Drawing

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