Design Note:-
There are no known surviving designs or working drawings relating to this Court. Never prominent within the wider plan of the site, it was recorded in Joseph Gandy’s survey of interior views, undertaken from August - September 1826. From the small rectangular plan, Soane echoed the solution of engaged piers projecting from the walls which he fist employed in the Lord Chancellor’s Robing Room. The inclusion of glazed skylights along its perimeter undoubtedly enhanced the effect, and maximised natural light for a space completely enclosed within the plan. As recorded, the interior has a marked emphasis on right-angled planes, and eschews the curved profiles and surfaces of the larger Courts. The ceiling, ornamented with rosettes in square panels around a lantern light, has recognisable affinities to that of the adjacent Courts of King’s Bench and Common Pleas.