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Reference number

SM (6) 56/5/6

Purpose

Preliminary survey plan with rough design for alterations and additions

Aspect

6 Plan of Old Bank / Temple Street / Swansea

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

as above, labelled: Garden, Privy, Dairy, B Wall, Yard / not / belonging / to the / Bank, Arched Cellar / & Wine Cellar / under this part, Drawg Room, -------- (illegible) by road side, Dwarf Wall with Iron Rails, Door, Entrance / Lobby, Bank Office, One Story only, M Counter 12 Drawers / Book edge, External Iron Guards 6'' apart, Paved, Desk, Private Office, Safe Room / or / Book Room / &c, Press, Alarum, No Guards, Chy, Door, Safe, Iron Chest, Large Cistern over / W.C., Wall 12 ftt high, 15ft high, lettered A B C D E, with key: A. Deal Desk with Closet beneath & deal / Pegs in holes above // B. Mahogany 3 flap Desk Deal framing / in front 5 ft high. Deal Pigeon holes in Desk // C. Closet with Cast Iron Door inside with / Dutch Tiles. Lower part Stone Safe // D. Mahogany Glazed Folding Door. Fanlight over // E. Old Baize Door // Walls of Bank Painted Grey. Deal Floor / behind Counter much worn

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and sepia wash on laid paper with three fold marks (205 x 316)

Hand

George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

Watermark

Snelgrove & Son 1819

Notes

Drawing 6, a rough survey plan, shows an initial overview of the premises with dimensions and some materials noted.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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