[8] Site record drawing, 3 August 1816

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Reference number

SM volume 46/23

Purpose

[8] Site record drawing, 3 August 1816

Aspect

Rough perspective showing The 3^dand 4^th, courses of stone on the West side

Inscribed

as above, For the thickness, see the preceeding plan. and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

August 3^d, 1816

Hand

Henry Parke (1790-1835, pupil 1814-20)

Notes

This drawing records the exact dimensions of the two courses of stone masonry bricks that make up the lower part of the west wall (bordering Princes Street). The drawing may be a record of work measured for quantities in relation to invoicing. It corresponds to the left-hand perspective shown in SM 2/3b/2 and to that shown in SM volume 45/27. The dimensions of the bricks are individually marked, suggesting the drawing was made when the material was in place, as a survey of what had been carried out by the builders.

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