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Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
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Reference number
SM D4/4/1
Purpose
Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
Aspect
[2] Ground floor PLAN and ELEVATION of a design for the GAOL of NEWGATE and ground floor plan of the Sessions House
Scale
1/13 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
Inscribed as above, and key:
A Keepers House / B Lodge to Felons Prison / C Tap Room for the Men / Felons / D Common Room / E Stair cases / F Privys / G Cells to confine the most /refractory Prisoners / H Lodge to the Debtors / Prison / I Tap Room for the Debtors / K ditto for the Women Felons, labelled including Present Cells for Condemned / Prisoners and lettered A to K
Signed: James Hodges (Sir James Hodges, Town Clerk of the City of London, knighted 1759, died 1774)
Signed and dated
- 1768-c.1813
Medium and dimensions
Black and red pen, sepia and raw umber washes, shaded on laid paper, two sheets joined, recently lined and filled (470 x 1040)
Hand
Baldwin
Watermark
JVilledary (twice) and fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and LVG below
Notes
The plan of the Gaol is organised around three courtyards each with a circular pool. The larger central courtyard is pushed back so that it is fronted by the Chapel and the Keeper's House, with entrances either side. This plan is almost as built while the elevation is simpler than in succeeding designs so that, except for the Keeper's House in the centre, it is almost blank. As recorded on 15 April 1768 in the minutes book of the Committee for Rebuilding the Gaol of Newgate (CRLO, 33C). Dance was instructed to make some alterations to his design and these were all concerned with changes to the elevations.
The plan for the Sessions House shows it is a separate structure linked to the Gaol by a wall with gateways. See also the preliminary design for Newgate Sessions House, c.1768.
REPRODUCED. J. Summerson, 'Newgate Gaol: catalogue of drawings in Sir John Soane's Museum', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, II, 1959, p.45 (in part); H. D. Kalman, 'Newgate Prison', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of ArchitecturallHistorians of Great Britain, XII, 1969, fig.30b (in part).
The plan for the Sessions House shows it is a separate structure linked to the Gaol by a wall with gateways. See also the preliminary design for Newgate Sessions House, c.1768.
REPRODUCED. J. Summerson, 'Newgate Gaol: catalogue of drawings in Sir John Soane's Museum', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, II, 1959, p.45 (in part); H. D. Kalman, 'Newgate Prison', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of ArchitecturallHistorians of Great Britain, XII, 1969, fig.30b (in part).
Level
Drawing
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