Survey drawings of No. 49 Queen Square

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Reference number

SM (10) 56/8/21

Purpose

Survey drawings of No. 49 Queen Square

Aspect

10 Perspective and Plan of the Premises N^o 49 Queen Square Bristol

Scale

bar scale of ? inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Two Attics / Two Rooms 2 Pair / Two Rooms One Pair / Two Rooms Ground Floor / Kitchen &^c / 3 Arched Cellars, labelled: Parlor / 9f^t high, Entrance Passage, Parlor, Entrance to / Cellar, Entrance Passage, Staircase, Steps to Cellar, Ch^y, Kitchen / Lighted by Skylight, Pantry, Entrance / to / Cellar, Sink, and some dimensions given, (red pen, encircled) N^o 2; (verso): (brown pen) Queen's (sic) / Square

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and sepia washes, watercolour technique, pricked for transfer on wove paper (497 x 388)

Hand

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

Watermark

T Edmonds 1824

Notes

The plan shows the ground floor of the property, built between 1701 and 1727 in Queen Square, a very fashionable part of the city. The perspective drawing shows a three bay, three storey with basement and attic house with quoined corners, a shell hood over the door and two dormer windows. According to a map in the Soane collection (SM 57a/3/3) the property is in the middle of the west side of the Square. The overall site measures 27 by 54 feet.
According to the Soane office Day Books, this house was surveyed by George Bailey on 3 October 1826. The building survived the Bristol riots of 1831, during which much of the west side of the Square was destroyed by rioters. 49 Queen Square is now known as Mirage House, 55 Queen Square, and is listed Grade II.

Literature

English Heritage, 55 Queen Square, Bristol, 2013, accessed 14 February 2013, <http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-380260-55-queen-square->

Level

Drawing

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