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  • image SM D4/9/3

Reference number

SM D4/9/3

Purpose

Church of St Bartholomew-the-Less, West Smithfield, City of London, 1789

Aspect

[1] Rough survey plan

Scale

Not to scale

Inscribed

(Dance) St Bartholomew the less (surveyor) dimensions given and (verso) Sketch of St Bartholomew / Church

Signed and dated

  • 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid secretary paper (250 x 385)

Hand

surveyor, Dance

Watermark

IV

Notes

Dating from the 15th century, St Bartholomew-the-Less was a parish church from 1546 and was presumably subject to alterations and additions from that date, for the survey shows a very irregular plan.

Level

Drawing

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