Giltspur Street Compter (Debtors' Prison), City of London, 1787

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  - Giltspur Street Compter (Debtors' Prison), City of London, 1787 Design not as executed, contract drawings for crenellated design, revised designs and working drawings (37)

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Reference number

SM D4/3/26

Purpose

Giltspur Street Compter (Debtors' Prison), City of London, 1787

Aspect

[18] Ground floor plan

Scale

1/5 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

labelled including Shereffs Offices, Kitchen, dimensions given (pencil) What sort of chimnie pots is there to be for the tops of chimnies / Is the landings of the staircases leading to the debtors appartments / to be supported by a brick arch / Is the landings of the Keepers stairs to be one step below / the floor of passages in the several stories or be one levil

Signed and dated

1787

Medium and dimensions

Brown pencil and light red wash, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper, two sheets joined (295 x 720)

Hand

contractor?

Watermark

J Whatman (twice)

Notes

This is essentially the same as the west range shown on the contract drawing ([SM D4/3/35]) except that, for example, the north wall is splayed, the three stairs on the east side are windowless, the centre of the arcade has apsidal ends, and fireplaces have been moved.

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