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Royal Courts of Justice: Strand Front. Drawings on both sides of the sheet. Face:...
Catalogue reference: WORK 30/1505
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This record is about the Royal Courts of Justice: Strand Front. Drawings on both sides of the sheet. Face:... dating from 1877 Mar-1878 Jan in the series Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings in England: Plans and Drawings. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WORK 30/1505
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1877 Mar-1878 Jan
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Description (What the record is about)
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Royal Courts of Justice: Strand Front. Drawings on both sides of the sheet.
Face: Contract drawing number 25F (detail number 8). Details of upper windows on the south front. Scale: 1 inch to 2 feet; full size. Signed by George Edmund Street, 14 Cavendish Place, London, January 1878.
Dorse: Contract drawing number 25D (detail number 4). Detail of groining to the central compartment of the entrance to the Central Hall. Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Signed by George Edmund Street, 14 Cavendish Place, London, March 1877. Marked 'Cancelled' in pencil. [The drawing on the dorse is not described in the original Ministry of Works card catalogue. The catalogue card for WORK 30/1505 describes an entirely different drawing, which appears not to have survived.]
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- GL/RCJ: STR/301; T S 447
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 66 cm x 101.5 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- In ink, coloured, on cartridge paper.
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Maps and plans
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4271614/
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WORK 30
Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings in England: Plans and Drawings
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