Design for a temporary building for the records erected in Westminster Hall, 28 February 1822

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Palace of Westminster: designs for alterations and additions, 1793-1828 (499)
    - Additional drawings, surveys etc. (44)

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Reference number

SM 37/1/37

Purpose

Design for a temporary building for the records erected in Westminster Hall, 28 February 1822

Aspect

Plan of the Sills, Uprights &^c, Elevation of Uprights &^c, Section and Section on the Line AB

Scale

bar scale of 1/7 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled: Temporary Building erected in Westminster Hall for the Records &^c, Level of the Paving (twice), Joist 5 x 3, Beam 6 x 3, Rafter 5 x 3, door, Records in Bags, Records (twice), A, B and dimensions given

Signed and dated

28 February 1822
Lincolns Inn Fields / 28 Feb^y 1822

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and yellow washes on wove paper (518 x 732)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt 1817

Notes

Before work on the new Law Courts could commence it was necessary to take care of the contents of the existing buildings. Soane designed a temporary building - really no more than a "large wooden shed" (HKW, p. 471) - to be erected in Westminster Hall.

Tom Drysdale, November 2014

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