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Blackwell Hall site, Guildhall Yard, City of London, c.1806
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Reference number
SM D3/13/13
Purpose
Blackwell Hall site, Guildhall Yard, City of London, c.1806
Aspect
[1] Ground floor plan
Scale
1/13 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
Ground Floor / of a / Design for a Literary and Scientific Institution / on the site of Blackwell Hall, No.2, labelled including Guildhall Yard, Basinghall Street, Hall (twice), Clerks Parlor, Clerks Office, Committee Room, Reading / Room, Open Court, Room for Lamps / Oil &ca, Laboratory, Small / Lecture / Room and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c.1806
Medium and dimensions
Pen on oiled tracing paper, later stuck down on wove paper (440 x 275)
Hand
office
Notes
The plans show a building with a nine-bay front with a front column portico on Guildhall Yard and a back front of nine bays on Basinghall Street. The proposed institute is 108 feet wide by 174 feet long and in the centre is a semi-elliptical court marked 44.0 by 51.9. The ground floor is symmetrically planned around the long axis between front and back entrances except for the principal stair located on the right-hand side of the cross axis. The library and reading room are connected by two circular stairs, and are radially planned around the courtyard; the galleried lecture room has a semicircular plan.
Level
Drawing
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