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Reference number

SM 73/3/57

Purpose

[34] Working drawing

Aspect

No 16, Plans and Section of Staircase to Fines Room

Scale

Inch Scale

Inscribed

as above, Norwich Castle, (plan labelled) Lobby, Old Wall, Present / Newel, Old Castle wall, For the Landings See above, Present new Wall (twice), Chapel, Stairs to Fines Rooms, From Second Story to Attic, Present new, Prest. New, The landings to be formed of Yorkshire paving / laid on an Ark (sic) of 9 Inches turned from A / to B over the door heads on each Story, Except that to the Women Felons A / All the (sic), (section labelled) Windows, Iron Cradle, Iron Standard 1½ square, Stay Bar 1¼ Square, Iron standard, Thickness of Landing, 12f 6½ in from paving of level to Fines / Story, Present new wall, Window, Intended / new, Open Arch, new, Level of Paving, 1½ Wall, Lobby, NB All the Working drawings are drawn / to an Inch Scale

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash on cartridge paper with one fold mark, right-hand top corner missing (516 x 662)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing is numbered 'No 15 / No 16' in the same way that, for example, SM 73/3/41, SM 73/34/42, SM 73/3/43, SM 73/3/44, SM 73/3/45, SM 73/3/46, SM 73/3/47, SM 73/3/48, SM 73/3/49, SM 73/3/50 and SM 73/3/51 are numbered 'No1' to 'No 11'.

SM 73/3/29, SM 73/3/30, SM 73/3/32, SM 73/3/31, SM 73/3/22, SM 73/3/25, SM 73/3/33, SM 73/3/34, SM 73/3/35, SM 73/3/36, SM 73/3/37, SM 73/3/38, SM 73/3/39 and SM 73/3/40 relate to the specification (q.v.) and SM 73/3/41, SM 73/34/42, SM 73/3/43, SM 73/3/44, SM 73/3/45, SM 73/3/46, SM 73/3/47, SM 73/3/48, SM 73/3/49, SM 73/3/50 and SM 73/3/51 are copies of SM 73/3/29, SM 73/3/30, SM 73/3/32, SM 73/3/31, SM 73/3/22, SM 73/3/25, SM 73/3/33, SM 73/3/34, SM 73/3/35, SM 73/3/36, SM 73/3/37, SM 73/3/38, SM 73/3/39 and SM 73/3/40.

The working drawings for the 'Fines' staircase catalogued above have a brief mention in the specification (q.v.) viz. 'The Staircases are to be executed as shewn by the / several drawings with the description thereon' and these must include SM 73/3/57 and SM 73/3/54 (Nos 15/16 and 17).

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