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Reference number

SM D4/8/1

Purpose

St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, City of London, 1791-5

Aspect

[1] Survey plan of ground S and W of Gibbs's buildings and either side of Windmill Court and Long Walk including Still House, Apothecary's Shops, Collonade under / Writing School, Grammar School and Town Ditch and some dimensions given

Scale

1/20 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

as above, plots labelled Steward, Mr Field, Mr Long, Late Fenn, Roberts, Willmott, Smith (twice), Smallpiece, Laurence, Larner, Davies and Dikinson

Signed and dated

  • 1791

Medium and dimensions

Black and brown pen and yellow wash, pencil on laid paper (460 x 280)

Hand

John Manning (surveyor)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and GR below

Notes

The survey plan dates from January 1791 when the ground east of Long Walk, south of Crown Court and north of the town ditch was leased from Christ's Hospital for the construction of new buildings for St Bartholomew's Hospital, hence the mention of 'Writing School' and 'Grammar School'. The plan of 1791 relating to the agreement (Archives of St Bartholomew's Hospital, HC/47/39) was signed by George Dance among others. The new buildings, designed for the hospital by Dance, included the Surgeons Theatre, the construction of which was agreed in June 1791.

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Drawing

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