Sir John Soane's Museum
Concise catalogue of drawings

Miscellaneous drawings of public buildings:
1 LONDON: Whitehall
Design for improvements at Whitehall
Plan showing site from Abingdon Street to
Horseguards, including the Palace of
Westminster
2-6 LONDON: Stone Building, St Margaret's Street
2-4 Elevation & part elevations traced from
drawings in His Majesty's Office of Works
d: Oct 12^th 1822
5 Elevation of entrance front
d: Sept 30^th 1793
6 Section through staircase
d: Sept 25^th 1822
7 LONDON: Palace of Westminster, Law Courts
Section showing levels of Court of Common
Pleas compared with adjoining areas
d: Sept 19^th 1822
8-10 LONDON: Palace of Westminster, Westminster Hall
8 Section through western wall of Westminster
Hall
d: September 19^th 1822
9 Part elevation traced from a drawing at His
Majesty's Office of Works
d: Oct 3^rd 1822
10 Part elevation of N front
d: 1807
11 LONDON: Palace of Westminster, House of Lords
Plan of New House of Lords
d: March 19^th 1802
12 LONDON: Westminster (site including
Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall & the
Speaker's garden)
Site Plan
13-15 LONDON: Palace of Westminster, House of Lords
13 Plan as intended
d: Copy January 25^th 1793
14-15 Adam Lee (c. 1772-1843) Office of Works
14 Plan of Ground Floor
s & d: January 23^rd 1808, Adam Lee
15 Plans of the Lord Great Chamberlain's &
Labourer-in-Trust's apartments
s & d: 30 August 1823, Adam Lee
16-39 LONDON: Palace of Westminster
& adjoining buildings
16 Plan of the buildings adjoining the Palace of
Westminster as they existed in 1800
17 Dimensional plan of the Palace of
Westminster & of adjoining buildings
d: Copy April 10^th 1794
18 Plan for improvements in Westminster
19 Plan of buildings etc adjoining Westminster
Abbey Chapter House
20 Plan of the Palace of Westminster &
adjoining buildings
d: Copied 26^th Nov 1822
Verso: unidentified part elevation & sketch
perspective
21 Dimensional plan of Palace of Westminster &
adjoining buildings
d: September 1793
22-22A Charles Bacon (1784-1818)
Plan of Palace of Westminster
s & d: Chas Bacon 21 Feby 1816
22A Key to rooms on 22
23 Plan of part of Palace of Westminster
Verso: Sketch plans & elevations of
unidentified house
24 Office of Works, 18th C
Plan of Palace of Westminster & adjoining
area
25 Plan of the Palace of Westminster,
copied from the original by William Benson,
Office of Works, c. 1718
d: Copy. Great Scotland Yard, January 25^th 1793
26 Plan of part of Palace of Westminster
d: November 1826
Verso: Plan of Town house
d: 1^st February 1830
27 Office of Works
Plan of the house of the Speaker of the
House of Commons
d: about 1803
28 John Thomas Groves ( -1811)
Plan of the late Duke of Newcastle's house in
the Exchequer (since the Speaker's house)
s & d: J. T. Groves/New Palace Yard/1794
29 Plan of the first floor of the Usher of the
Black Rod's house
d: July23 1825
30 Plan of the Clerk to the House of Commons'
house
d: Febr 1825
31 Plan of the ground floor of the Usher of the
Black Rod's house
d: 23^rd July 1825
32 ? No 6-7 Old Palace Yard
Section
d: June 3^rd 1826
33-34 Plans of a house, probably
No 7 Old Palace Yard
35-36 Plans of Mr Cooper's house, Old Palace Yard
d: June 3^rd 1826
37 Constructional drawings of temporary
building erected in Westminster Hall for the
Records
d: 28^th Febr 1822
38 Plan of the old Parliament Office now fitted
up for Records
d: 21 Apl 1826
39 Plan of buildings adjoining Westminster
Abbey Chapter House

Miscellaneous drawings of public buildings:
1-11 LONDON: St James's Palace
1-4 Part plans for rooms for Sergeant & Guard
Room. 2 also has small elevation
1 d: Dec 18^th 17—
2 d: Dec 10^th 1792
3 & 4 d: Decr 1792
2 Verso: Sketch plan & elevation by Soane of a
house
5-6 Elevations of exterior of intended Guard
Room
5 d: 1792
6 d: Decemr 29^th 1792
7-9 Elevations for entrance to the Officer's
apartments
d: May 1793
10 Plan & elevation of entrance to Guard Room
d: Copy Octr 4^th 1793
11 Plans of the Guard Room in Cleveland Row
12 LONDON: Banqueting House, Whitehall
Drawing of roof truss
Insc: Truss for New roof to
Whitehall Chapel see
Model, 9 of these Trusses/
2 Jack trusses
[The model referred to is M 1216]
13 LONDON: Horse Guards, Whitehall
Measured plan of the carriage and footway
through Horse Guards
d: 7^th Octr 1822
14 Elevation of back of His Majesty's State
Carriage with dimensions set in rough
drawing of arch (? Horse Guards)
d: Sept 11 1822
15-16 LONDON: Queen's House (Buckingham
House)
15 Plan of offices
d: 1817
16 Plan for alterations & additions to the offices
d: January 15^th 1817
17-21 LONDON: Treasury, Whitehall
Plans of Staircase showing proposed
alterations
17, 18 d: 1818
19, 21 d: Jany 29 1818
22 John Vardy ( -1765)
LONDON: Whitehall
Plan of part of area between Whitehall & the
river
s & d: J. Vardy Delin 1753
23-24 LONDON: N bank of Thames to E of
Westminster Bridge
Survey plans of area from Mr Dalgleish's
Coal Wharf to Westminster Bridge
23 Insc: (No. 23): sent to Sir Charles Long 22^nd
April 1826
25 LONDON: Whitehall
Plan of part of area between Whitehall & the
Thames showing distribution of soft water &
hard water
26 LONDON: Westminster & Whitehall
Plan showing projected improvements
s & d: C. J. R. (Charles James Richardson)
Copied April 13 1824
27-30 LONDON: Westminster
Plans for buildings adjoining W wall of
Westminster Hall
27 d: Copy April 6^th 1824
30 d: Copied April 7^th 1824

Drawings of Courts of Judicature:
1-29 LONDON: Palace of Westminster, Law Courts
1 Plan of attics over Court of Exchequer
Verso: Unidentified plans
d: 9^th August 1822
2-3 Plans of part of the offices of the Law Courts
sold by auction Sep 3^rd 1822 & pulled down
d: Septr 3^rd 1822
4 Plan of rooms over Exchequer Court
5-6 One plan in two pieces of ground floor of
part of Law Courts & adjoining buildings
d: Septr 7 1822
7 Plan of first floor of part of Law Courts &
adjoining buildings
d: Sep 9 1822
8-10 Sections of part of the Offices of the Law
Courts
11 Plan of Court of Equity
d: 17^th Jany 1822
12 Plan of Court of Exchequer
d: 22^nd March 1823
13 Plan of Court of Exchequer
d: 21^st Jany 1822
14 First floor plan of Courts of Common Pleas &
Exchequer Offices
d: September 9^th 1822
15 Section of the roof of the old Exchequer
Court
16 Plan of law courts set up in Westminster Hall
d: 5^th March 1823
17 Plan of the Court of Common Pleas & plan &
elevations of the apartments occupied by the
Custos Brevium in the year 1821
18 Plan showing changes made in 1822 in the
apartments of the Custos Brevium
19A Letter from G. Humphreys, Custos Brevium
about his apartments
d: October 24^th 1822
19-20 Plans, sections & wall elevations of the Court
of Common Pleas
21 Plan of the Court of King's Bench, at the
Sessions House, St Margaret's Churchyard
22 Plan of the intended Bail Court at the
Sessions House, St Margaret's Churchyard
23 Plan of the Court of King's Bench at the
Sessions House, St Margaret's Churchyard
sent with letter (23A)
d: 21^st Aug 1821
24 Section of Court of King's Bench
d: Reed of Mr. Lee 9 July 1823
25 Plan of the present new Court of King's
Bench with the fittings of the old court
26 Plan of the rooms adjoining Westminster
Hall allotted to the Court of King's Bench
d: April 1824
27 Plan of the Court of Chancery & the Court of
King's Bench copied from a plan in the
possession of Mr Cracker
d: 25^th July 1823
28 Section of part of Lord Chancellor's Court &
of chair
d: Septr 29^th 1823
29 Plan of part of Lord Chancellor's Court
d: Septr 29^th 1823
30 LONDON: Clerkenwell
Plan of the Court of the Sessions House
d: 24^th May 1821
31 LONDON: Palace of Westminster, Law Courts
Sections through the Bail Court & through
the Sessions Court, Westminster as fitted up
for the Court of King's Bench
d: 17^th Octr 1822
32-33 LONDON: Clerkenwell
Section of the Court of the Sessions House
32 d: May 25^th 1821
33 d: May 1821
34 LONDON: Lincoln's Inn
Plan of the Lord Chancellor's Court 1823
d : October 2^nd
35 LONDON: Westminster
Plan of the Guildhall
36-37 LONDON: Palace of Westminster, Westminster Hall
Plan of the temporary Court of Exchequer in
Westminster Hall
37 First floor plan of rooms adjoining
Westminster Hall
38 Plan of the Duchy Court of Lancaster
d: May 9^th 1825
39 Joseph Michael Gandy (1771-1843)
LANCASTER: County Court
Design, c. 1802-1823
Plan & Section
s: J. Gandy A. R. A. Architect

William Kent (? 1685-1748)
LONDON: Cottonian Library
Volume of designs:
1 Elevation
2-3 Plans
4-5 Sections
Prov: Purchased for £ 1.0.0 from a
member of the Society of Antiquaries in 1930

1 LONDON: No. 17 Cavendish Square
Survey plans of house for Lord Bridport
2 LONDON: No. 18 Cavendish Square
Survey plans
d: Feby 20. 97
3 LONDON: Harcourt House, Cavendish Square
Survey plan of Chamber floor
d: March 12^th 1816
4 LONDON: No. 18 New Cavendish Street
Survey plan of ground floor of Earl of
Hardwicke's house
d: Octr 4^th 1793
Verso: Unidentified plan
5-6 LONDON: No. 1 Mansfield Street
Survey plans of house for Charles Mills Esq.
5 d: Sept 25 1799,
6 d: Septr 27^th 1799
7 LONDON: No. 9 Upper Wimpole Street
Survey plans
d: 15^th April 1829
Verso: Unidentified plan
8 LONDON: No. 35 Dover Street
Survey plan
9 LONDON: House in Mortimer Street
Survey plans of Mr Chinery's house
d: Augst 28 1798
10 LONDON: No. 24 George Street, Hanover
Square
Survey plans
d: Oct 3^rd 1799
11 LONDON: No. 25 Portland Place (? now No.
70)
Plans of Lord Gardner's house
12 LONDON: Portland Place, E side
Survey plans of Mr Martyn's house
d: 1785
13 LONDON: No. 3 Portland Place (now 24A)
Survey plans
d: Nov 17^th 1817
14 LONDON: Chandos House, Chandos Street
Survey plan

1B LONDON: Dorset Square
Plans of estate belonging to Commissioners
for Transport
s & d: W. R. (?) 23 Feb 1813
1 John Nash (1752-1835)
LONDON: Regent Street
Design
Elevation and part-plan for sundry houses
on site later built on by Soane
w/m: J. Whatman/1819
2 LONDON: No. 10 Charles Street, Berkeley
Square
Survey plans
d: June 20 1801
3-6 LONDON: No. 43 Grosvenor Square
Survey plans of Lord Petre's house
d: April 15^th 1809
7-9 LONDON: No. 54 Grosvenor Street
Survey plans of Lord Temple's house
d: July 10: 1809
10 LONDON: House in Piccadilly
Survey plans of John Craufurd Esq.'s house
d: November 2 1795
11 Matthew Brettingham (1699-1769) attributed to
11 LONDON: No. 94 Piccadilly, Egremont House
(also called Cambridge House, Naval &
Military Club)
Plan of Hall floor
12 LONDON: Piccadilly, Burlington House
Site plan of house, offices & gardens
13-14 LONDON: Hyde Park Corner
Site plans showing Lord Bathurst's house, etc
13 d: April 23^rd 1794
14 Verso: Rough sketches including elevation
d: Aug 15 1794
15 LONDON: Apsley House
Plan & site plan
d: March 5^th 1806
16 LONDON: No. 6 Audley Square
Survey plans of Richard Benyon Esq.'s house
d: July 16: 1808
17 Charles Beazley (c. 1760-1829)
LONDON: South Audley Street (Allington
House)
Plan of ground floor
s & d: C. Beazley Archt, March 1804
18 LONDON: House in Park Street
Plan of Henry Peters' house
19A Verso: LONDON: Bank of England
Detail of attic
d: Jan 29 1796
19-21 LONDON: Camelford House, Oxford Street
Survey plans of Lord Grenville's house taken
for the Princess Charlotte's residence on her
marriage with the Prince of Coburg
d: 1816

LONDON: Lindsey House, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Survey drawing for the Hon. Spencer Perceval
1-2 Plans
d: Oct 2 1802
3-4 Elevations
d: October 1802
5-9 Details of façade
6 d: Oct 17^th 1802
7 d: Oct 23^rd 1802
8 d: Octr 22^nd 1802
9 d: Oct 13^th 1802

1-2 LONDON: House in Broad Street
Survey plans of house
d: May 12 1808
3 Unidentified Surveyor
LONDON: New Bank buildings (?)
Plan of banking house
d: Recd from Mr Thelusson 14 Feb: 1810
4 LONDON: House in St Bartholomew's Lane
Survey plan of Mr Downe's house
d: June 12 1801
5 LONDON: House in Lawrence Poultney Hill
Survey plan of - Amyand Esq's house
d: July 12^th 1792, Copy
6 LONDON: Mark Lane/Tower Street
Survey plan of various shops for St John's
College, Cambridge
d: October 2^nd 1794
7 LONDON: Ray Street, Clerkenwell
Survey plan of various shops etc. for Lord
Bridport
d: Augst 25^th 1797

LONDON: Parliament Street
1 A-6 Unidentified architect or surveyor
1 A Title page insc: Plans/of the several floors of
a/house in Parliament Street,/belonging to/Mrs.
Tracy/1787
1-6 Plans
7-11 Plans of Mrs Tracy's house
7 d: May 6^th 1793
8-11 d: May 7^th 1793

1-2 LONDON: Chandos House, Cavendish Square
Survey plans
3 LONDON: Site between Nottingham Place &
Marylebone High Street
Site plan
4 Unidentified architect
LONDON: Foley House, Portland Place
Survey plan
d: Recd from Sir J. Bone (?) 5 Feb 1811
5 LONDON: Gray's Inn Lane/Liquor Pond Street
Survey plan of Sir John Soane's estate
d: ``found Sept 1836'
6 Unidentified architect (same hand as No. 4)
LONDON: Foley House, Portland Place
Verso: insc: Sir Thos. Bernard, 56 Wimpole
Sreet