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Reference number

SM D3/6/12

Purpose

Shop with house, Great Tower Street/Mincing Lane, City of London, c.1792

Aspect

[3] Plan of basement

Scale

4/15 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

Cellar Story, Tower Street, Mincing Lane, Mr Prowting, labelled Kitchen, Pantry and no / oven / to be and stair treads number 1 to 18

Signed and dated

  • c.1792

Medium and dimensions

Black and red pen, sepia wash, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (395 x 195)

Hand

Dance

Notes

On this set of drawings ([SM D3/6/12], [SM D3/6/11], [SM D3/6/8] and [SM D3/6/7]), the back staircase is shown only on the second floor and the arrangement for serving the dining room on the first floor would have been via the best stair and somewhat inconvenient. The basement floor has a large front kitchen lit by two windows with a pantry at the back and an oven, shown here, that is no longer required, suggesting that roast joints, pies and the like might be taken to a nearby bakery for cooking.

Level

Drawing

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