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[36/1/2] Design for the first floor of the Stone Building
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Reference number
SM 36/1/2
Purpose
[36/1/2] Design for the first floor of the Stone Building
Aspect
First floor plan
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
labelled: Court of Request, Old Palace Yard, St Margaretts (sic) Lane, Lord Chief / Justice, Records of the Court of Kings Bench, Area (3 times), Court of / Chancery, 32.0, 31.0, Court of / Kings Bench, Court of / Common Pleas, Court of / Exchequer, New Palace / Yard, Westminster Hall
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and yellow/pink washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper (350 x 520)
Hand
John Vardy (1717/18 - 1765)
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche / 4
Notes
The new building, shown in a pale wash, is parallel to Westminster Hall. The main block has a symmetrical façade with a slightly projecting centre and pavilions with serlianas at the north and south ends. Appended to the north west corner is a rectangular hall with buttresses at the corners - perhaps to match the medieval north front of Westminster Hall.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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