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