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[11/5] Survey plan of basement of King Charles II Court, c.1728
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Reference number
SM volume 109/13
Purpose
[11/5] Survey plan of basement of King Charles II Court, c.1728
Aspect
Plan of Cellar Floor, or basement
Scale
20 feet to 1 inch (same as indicated scale on 109/14)
Inscribed
In ink by unidentified hand at top of sheet, King Charles 2:nd Court; and below, The Cellar Floor. --; and numbered scale bar; and at top left in volume in C19 hand, 13.
Signed and dated
- Undated, but datable 1727-28
Medium and dimensions
Pen and grey ink with grey wash; on laid paper, laid down; 510 x 350
Hand
Unidentified draughtsman in office of Colen Campbell
Watermark
Strasbourg Lily / LVG
Notes
This basement plan is a redrawing of the plan in Hawksmoor's hand at [11/3], the latter related to [11/4]. It records the plan of the building in, or shortly after, 1728, when the accommodation was increased from 192 men (see [11/9]) to 206 men. It was probably prepared as part of an audit of the accounts, together with an assessment of existing structures and accommodation, which took place between late 1727 and late 1728 (see Bold 2000, pp. 155-6).
Literature
Not in Wren Society
Level
Drawing
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