Survey drawing of an estate in St Benedicts formerly belonging to Thomas Starling Day and entered from Pottergate

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Reference number

SM (35) 56/11/20

Purpose

Survey drawing of an estate in St Benedicts formerly belonging to Thomas Starling Day and entered from Pottergate

Aspect

35 Ground floor Plan of an Estate in S^t Benedicts / late the property of Tho^s Starling Day Esq^r

Scale

bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, N[orth], E[ast], S[outh], W[est], Pottergate Street (twice), (pencil) M^r Sandales Kitchen and / Office is under this Dining Room, S^t Benedicts / Church Yard, S^t Benedicts / Church, James Back Esq^r, Trustees of the / Catholic Chapel, M^r Nichols, Ten Bell Lane, Property sold / from this Estate, (pencil) Day's late / Bank, Breakfast Room / 9'4'' high, Hall, Drawing Room / 9'5'' high, Entrance, M^r Sendalls / Keeping Room, M^r Sandells / Parlor / 9'4'' high / Kitchen & Offices / in the Basement, Store / Room, Kitchen / 9'1'' high, back Hall, Butlers / Pantry, Dining Room / 11' 2'' high, M^r Sandalls / Yard, Laundry, Scullery, Yard (twice), Leasehold for 99 Years, Brewhouse, Coach House, Stable, Leantoo Shed, Yard / Freehold, Gate, Muck Binn, Tool / House, Freehold, Green House, Stone, Leasehold for 99 Years, Garden, Leasehold for 2000 Years, (in another hand) J / 11

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, green, yellow ochre, yellow and pink washes on wove paper with four fold marks (635 x 532)

Hand

local surveyor

Watermark

C 1822

Notes

The house measures 63 feet deep and has a 62 foot frontage, whilst the overall site measures 192 by 172 feet at its widest points. The Starling Day & Son bank, founded by the grandfather of Thomas Starling Day, is shown very roughly in pencil. The bank was bailed out in 1825 by Gurney & Co. Day served as Mayor of Norwich in 1825, following his father (1808) and grandfather (1782 and 1812). 101-105 Pottergate were severely damaged in April 1942 and subsequently demolished.

Margaret Escott, Research: Constituencies: 1820-32: Norwich, http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/norwich#footnote26_d1lzkjh

Level

Drawing

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