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Survey drawings and preliminary designs for alterations to Mr Foster's premises, Queen Street, unexecuted, June 1828 (6)
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Reference number
SM (56) 56/12/15 (57) 56/12/12 (58) 56/12/13 (59) 56/12/25 (60) 56/12/26 (61) 56/12/27 (62) 56/12/10
Purpose
Survey drawings and preliminary designs for alterations to Mr Foster's premises, Queen Street, unexecuted, June 1828 (6)
Aspect
56 Plan of Mr Foster's Premises in Queen Street / Norwich
57 Plan of the yard and outbuildings behind the premises occupied by Mr Gidney
58 Plan of Mr Foster's Premises in Queen Street Norwich
59 Plan of the First Floor of the House in Queen Street Norwich / belonging to Mr W Foster
60 Plan of the Attic Floor of the House in Queen Street Norwich / belonging to Mr W Foster
61 Elevation of the Garden Front of Mr Foster's House in Queen Street Norwich with wall section showing floor levels
62 Plan of Mr Foster's Premises in Queen Street Norwich / shewing the proposed Alterations to adapt them for a / Branch Bank and a residence for a Sub Agent with flier showing Plan of the Basement / under the Bank
Scale
(56, 58-62) bar scales of ? inch to 1 foot (57) to a scale of ? inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
56 as above, NSEW compass point, labelled: Queen Street, Buildings 3 Stories high / belonging to Mr W Foster - occupied as Offices by Messrs Unthanks & Foster, a.a. doorways intended / to be bricked up, Yard, Privy, Buildings belonging to / Mr W Foster, A Carpenters Yard & Shops, Wall about 8 ft high, Grass Plot, Wall abt 5 ft high, Cottage, Premises belonging to Mr / Foster, Buildings belonging to Mr W Foster / in the occupation of Mr Gidney a Fruiterer, Paved Yard, Parlour / 9.6½ high, Hall paved / with Stone / 9.7 high, 8.1 high on this part, Kitchen, 10.2 high in this part, A New Wall from 8 to 10 ft high is proposed to be raised here by Mr Foster, Yard, Window, Brewhouse, Larder, Servants Hall, Wash house / 10.4 high, Dining Room / 9.7 high, There is a Cellar 6.11 high (not vaulted) / under this Room as far as the Blue / Tint extends, Store Room / or / Footmans / Pantry, lettered: a (twice), steps numbered 1-14, and some dimensions given
58 as above, labelled: Queen Street, Paved Yard / Cellars beneath, Buildings 3 Stories belonging to Mr Foster / occupied as Offices by Messrs Unthanks & Foster, AA Doorways to be bricked up, Yard, Buildings belonging to Mr Foster, Wall about 8 ft high, Garden, Brewhouse, Yard, Window, Cottages, (pencil) 862 Sqe Yds, Part of the French Church, Harness Room, (pencil) £300, Stable belonging to / Mr Foster / Hay Loft over, Stable Yard, Coach house / belonging to / Mr Foster, A New Wall to be built by Mr Foster, Buildings belonging to Mr Foster / in the occupation of Mr Gidney / 2 Stories, (pencil) £1200, (pencil) 59.0, Shop / Cellar beneath, Parlor (sic), Hall, Kitchen, Servants Hall, Wash house &c, Dining Room, Store Room / or / Footman's Pantry, lettered: A (twice); (verso) Gidney £30 pr Ann
59 as above, labelled: Building belonging to / Mr Foster / in the occupation of / Mr Gidney, Building 3 Stories high / belonging to Mr Foster / occupied as Offices by / Messrs Unthanks & Foster, Drawing Room / 10.7½ high, 1.10 above / Landing a, No 7, 23.1, 2 Closets over Chy, 1.5 below / b, Stairs to Chambers (twice), No 11, Stairs from the Ground Floor (twice), No 10, No 9, 10.4 high, No 8, 17.5, 17.10½, lettered: a, b, steps numbered 1-3 and 1-8
60 as above, labelled: Upper Story of / Messrs Unthanks & / Fosters Offices, Upper Story of House / occupied by Gidney, No 1, No 2, No 3, No 4, No 5, No 6
61 as above, A considerable portion of the Brickwork is covered with the Ivy, 2.0 (twice), Brick (twice), brickwork very defective, very defective (twice), Roof covered with glazed Pantiles, Section through Centre, 6'11'', 9'7'', 10'4'', 8'3''
62 as above, NSEW compass point, B / 14, labelled: Iron Railing & Gates, House & Shop occupied / by Gidney / Fruiterer &c, Paved Yard, Pebbles (twice), Messrs Unthanks / and Fosters / Offices, A Carpenters Yard & Shops, Garden, Chy, Brewhouse / &c, Yard, Servants / WC, Pantry, Wash house and / Scullery, Wood Coals &c, way to Garden, Door, Covered way to Offices, Kitchen, Desk (3 times), Bank / 9'7'' high, 15'10'', 26'3'', Counter, Steps to the Treasure / Vault, Porters Room / 18'0'' by 9'6'', Closet (twice), Hall and Staircase, Door, Entrance to the Bank &c, Agents Private / Room / 11'9'' by 17'8'', Wood Door, Iron Door, Book Room, Sash Door, Waiting Room &c / 9'6'' by 10'0'', and flier labelled: Treasure / Vault, Steps up to the Bank
Signed and dated
- (56, 58) June 1828 (59, 60) 15th June 1828 (61) 17th June 1828 (62) Lincolns Inn Fields / June 1828
Medium and dimensions
(56) Pen, sepia, burnt Sienna, burnt umber, terre verte, blue and grey washes, pricked for transfer within a double ruled border on stout wove paper (729 x 530) (57) pen, sepia, pink and burnt Sienna washes on laid paper (280 x 233) (58) pen, sepia, burnt Sienna, terre verte, blue, pink and grey washes (735 x 531) (59) pen, sepia, burnt Sienna and burnt umber washes (363 x 535) (60) pen, sepia and burnt Sienna washes (365 x 534) (61) pen, burnt umber, burnt Sienna, chromium oxide, blue-grey and potter's pink washes (363 x 535) (62) pen, pencil, sepia, burnt Sienna, blue, pink, yellow and burnt umber washes (728 x 532) with flier on wove paper (113 x 154) (58-62) pricked for transfer within a double ruled border on stout wove paper
Hand
(56-62) George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60) and C J Richardson (1809-1871, pupil and assistant 1824-1837)
Watermark
(56, 60, 62) Smith & Allnutt 1823 (57) C Ansell 1824 (58) Smith & Allnutt 1827
Notes
Drawing 61 shows a plain five-bay, three storey with basement house with four giant Doric pilasters, and outbuildings to the left. Pantiles, as seen on the roof of this building, are commonly used in Norfolk. Pencil lines on drawing 62 show the interior arrangement of the building before alteration. Pink wash is used for alterations, which include the addition of a treasure vault in the basement, a waiting room and book room in place of the existing store room, a new porter's room, hall and staircase in place of the existing hall and kitchen, and external alterations to create a covered walkway and servants' WC. The old dining room is converted into a banking hall, while the former wash house becomes a kitchen. These alterations do not appear to have been executed.
Old glue residue on the verso of drawing 57 matches up with marks at the bottom right corner of drawing 56, indicating that the former was previously affixed to the latter and became detached at some point, after which it received its own reference number. The irregular shape on the right of drawing 57 is part of St Mary the Less, a French Protestant church in Soane's time.
Old glue residue on the verso of drawing 57 matches up with marks at the bottom right corner of drawing 56, indicating that the former was previously affixed to the latter and became detached at some point, after which it received its own reference number. The irregular shape on the right of drawing 57 is part of St Mary the Less, a French Protestant church in Soane's time.
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