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Reference number

SM D4/2/2

Purpose

St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, Old Street, Finsbury, Islington, London, 1777, 1781-2 and c.1794-1811

Aspect

[6] Plan of the Ground Floor of St Lukes Hospital for Lunaticks

Scale

1 1/7 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

as above, No 2, rooms labelled including Physicians room, Masters room, Warming Room, Mens Gallery, Womens Gallery, Privy, Hall and dimensions given Signed: Geo: Dance 1781 and contract statement, signatures and date as [SM D4/2/1]

Signed and dated

  • 1781-2

Medium and dimensions

Pen and light red wash, pencil within single ruled border on laid paper, two sheets joined, original cloth backing (740 x 2575)

Hand

See note to [SM D4/2/7]

Notes

The plan shows a five-bay centre with hall and accommodation for the Master and Physician. Either side there are 17-bay wings, one for women and one for men, each with 17 cells on the south side, a wide corridor and projecting from this northwards, more cells, a privy and a warming room. The right-hand end pavilion is drawn in but is uninscribed and without colour wash, indicating that it was to be built as a second phase. The entrance from Old Street is not shown but, as built, was an arcaded portal linked to the entrance hall by a colonnade.

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