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Plan of ground containing ice houses on the east side of St James's Park, adjoining Cleveland Garden
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Reference number
SM volume 165 fo. 110 v.
Purpose
Plan of ground containing ice houses on the east side of St James's Park, adjoining Cleveland Garden
Aspect
1 Plan
Scale
unscaled sketch plan
Inscribed
In pen and brown ink by Hawksmoor, below plan, Plan of the said Ground; and within plan at bottom, high way 59, and on left, 130 St James Stre.t, and at top centre, Toward St James or Clevland house 613. ft, and at top Ground Desired by Martin.
Signed and dated
- March 1691
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink over pencil; on writing paper of volume, 357 x 230.
Hand
Hawksmoor
Watermark
Strasbourg Lily / 4WR
Notes
North is at the bottom of the plan. The additional area required for the ice houses is above the pencil line that runs across the top of the plan.
Literature
redrawn Wren Society, XVIII, p. 71, alongside transcript of petition
Level
Drawing
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