[13] Working drawing for estimates for the 'Shell', 15 July 1789

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  - Norwich, Norfolk: Norwich Castle Gaol: survey, design, working and record drawings for Norwich City Corporation, 1788-1792 (57)

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Reference number

SM 73/3/25

Purpose

[13] Working drawing for estimates for the 'Shell', 15 July 1789

Aspect

Section through the Debtors Rooms, Airing Court and Men Felons Cells as drawing

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to one foot

Inscribed

as above, Norwich Castle, To range with set / off of Old Castle, Set off to range with that of Old Castle, Wall of Old Castle and dimensions given

Signed and dated

Welbeck Street July 15th 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash with burnt umber wash for the timbers, pricked for transfer, on cartridge paper with one fold mark (505 x 627)

Hand

Soane office (two hands)

Notes

Soane's office 'Journal No 1' has an entry for 16 July 1789: '5 Drawings. Descriptions / of the work sent to Mr Patteson / for the Tradesmen to examine and estimate'.

By 7 August Soane had 'Sent Mr Finch, Bricklayers & Carp:[enters] / Prices &c for their Agreement / to be made'. This drawing, SM 73/3/29, SM 73/3/30, SM 73/3/32, SM 73/3/31 and SM 73/3/22 represent three of the five drawings sent for estimates. SM 73/3/29, SM 73/3/30 and SM 73/3/32 are very worn and were probably used on site.

The 'Mr Patteson' mentioned in the office 'Journal No 1' above probably refers to John Patteson, a fellow Grand Tourist, a great supporter of Soane, and a resident of Norwich for whom Soane designed additions, including chimney-pieces, to his house in Surrey Street, 1790 (see D.Stroud, Sir John Soane architect, 2nd ed., 1996, p.146).

See SM 73/3/1 for a related specification.

Level

Drawing

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