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Survey of the Palace of Westminster, 23 January 1808
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Reference number
SM 37/1/14
Purpose
Survey of the Palace of Westminster, 23 January 1808
Aspect
A Ground Plan of the House of Lords
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
as above, labelled: (pencil) Carter's, Coffee House, -------------------- (illegible), A Peers Entrance / B Chancellors Ditto / C Bishops Ditto, Mr Hatsells / House, Office for Labr in Trust, Labourer / in Trust / House, Carpenters / Shop, Speakers Garden, Mr Hatsell's Garden, Garden, Stone Sheds, Stone / Shed, Painters / Shed, Labourer / in Trust / Garden, Mr Delavells House, (pencil) Mr White's / Stone Yard and (pencil) some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 23 January 1808
January 23rd 1808
Medium and dimensions
Pen, black, pink and yellow washes, partly pricked for transfer within a double-ruled and sepia wash border on wove paper with three fold marks (415 x 542)
Hand
Adam Lee (c.1772 - 1843)
Office of Works.
Office of Works.
Notes
This ground floor plan shows the cellars beneath the Court of Requests, the Painted Chamber, the old House of Lords and the Prince's Chamber. Lee's own house is to the east of the old House of Lords. The plan shows, in outline, Wyatt's additions to Old Palace Yard. In pencil a staircase has been added to the west of the Prince's Chamber (the site of Soane's future Scala Regia) and various offices have been added to the south.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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