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Reference number

SM 67/4/6

Purpose

[106] Preliminary record drawing, 1 April 1818

Aspect

Part of the Front of Infirmary (south front)

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

as above, labelled 22 Blocks, 3 Blocks, 15 Blocks, Red Bricks and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • A. Mee, 1st April 1818

Hand

A.P. Mee (1802-1868, pupil 1818-1823) (as per inscription)

Notes

This drawing shows a small detail of a baluster, although it does not obviously correspond to any part of the elevation shown. Rather it appears to be from the skyline ornament on the north side, shown in SM 67/1/1 - a pedestal supporting a lion and unicorn on either side of a crowned oval (presumably intended for a coat of arms), the whole of which is framed on either side by a low balustrade. The west bay has three blind arches at ground floor level and three shorter versions at the first storey. This is the projecting bay. The sunken bays behind, the main east to west stretch of the building, indicate a short door and the eastern-most bay with blind arches (centre of the first floor and the outer two on the ground floor).

Level

Drawing

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