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