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Design for fitting up the old Parliament Office for records, 21 April 1826
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Reference number
SM 37/1/38
Purpose
Design for fitting up the old Parliament Office for records, 21 April 1826
Aspect
Plan of the Old Parliament Office / now fitted up for Records
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: Bookcase, Window / underneath and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 21 April 1826
(in Soane's hand) 21 Apl 1826
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink, yellow and sepia washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (538 x 700)
Hand
Soane Office
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt 1823
Notes
The Jewel Tower was built between 1365-6 as a store for precious goods. Within the medieval Palace of Westminster complex it stood at the south west corner surrounded by a defensive moat. At some point in time before 1600 it was given over to the Clerk of the Parliaments and became a store for the records of the House of Lords until 1864 when the records were removed to Charles Barry's new Victoria Tower. This drawing, dated "21 April 1826", shows the second floor of the Jewel Tower "now fitted up for records". The bookcases are coloured yellow. Due to its separation from the Palace of Westminster the Jewel Tower survived the fire of 1834. It is now in the stewardship of English Heritage.
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/jewel-tower/history-and-research/history/
Tom Drysdale, November 2014
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/jewel-tower/history-and-research/history/
Tom Drysdale, November 2014
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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