[36/1/12] Copy of a design for the first floor of the Stone Building

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- John Vardy (1717/18-65): Westminster, London: designs for the New Stone Building, c.1751 (12)

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Reference number

SM 36/1/12

Purpose

[36/1/12] Copy of a 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: S^t Margarets Lane, Old Palace Yard, Exchequer Court, Judges Room, Court of Exchequer, Jury Men, Court of / Common Pleas, Jury Men, Court of / Kings Bench, Jury Men's / Room, Court of Chancery, Westminster Hall, New Palace Yard, Exchequer Yard; (beneath flier) Judges Chamber, Equity Court, Court of Common / Pleas, Custos / Brevium, Judges, Chamber, Kings Bench / Records, Westminster Hall, Court of Request

Signed and dated

1 April 1824
(Copied) April 1^st 1824

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (552 x 758)

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

This design shows an idea for regularising the courts adjoining Westminster Hall. The existing plan is shown beneath a flier.

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