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[36/1/9] Copy of a design for the ground floor of the Stone Building
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Reference number
SM 36/1/9
Purpose
[36/1/9] Copy of a design for the ground floor of the Stone Building
Aspect
Lower Plan of Westminster Hall / and Offices adjoining
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
as above, labelled: St Margarets Lane, Exchequer Bill Office, Ordnance Office, Waiting / Room (twice), Old Palace Yard, Arcade, Footmens / Room, Yard (3 times), New Palace Yard, Westminster Hall, Vaults, Vault, Stables, Teller and Usher / of the Exchequer, Stables, Court, The Duke of Newcastle / Auditor of the Exchequer, Clerk of the / House of Commons, Garden (twice), Land Tax / Office, Tellers, Gardens, belongs to the Exchequer, A, B, C, Within the lines ABC on the lower / Story is the Auditor of Land Revenue / One Pr of Stairs is the Coffers & Lottery Offices / Two Pr the Coffers & Office Keepers Land Revenue, Garden, Stairs called the Kings Bridge, River Thames, (in a C20th hand, pencil) Case I (opposite E under Students Room) / Drawer 67 E 5 Sheets / D Inventory Page 161
Signed and dated
- 17 July 1822
Copied from a Plan at His Majesty's / Office of Works 17 July 1822
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, pink and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper within single ruled border with one fold mark (597 x 846)
Hand
Soane Office
Watermark
J Whatman / 1820
Notes
Now the north pavilion of the new building projects further forward than the frontage of the old Exchequer Court.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk