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Reference number
SM (45) 56/11/33
Purpose
Survey drawing of a house in Tombland
Aspect
45 Ground floor plan
Scale
bar Scale 1/8th to a Foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: Tombland, (pencil) Gate into / the Upper / Close, Rooms over Gateway, Closet (3 times), Passage (3 times), Parlor (twice), (pencil) H---- ---- (illegible), (pencil) Butler / Pantry, (pencil) 18.0 by 17.0, Hall, (pencil) 16.0 by 17.0, Dining Room, (pencil) 15.9 by 25.6, Kitchen, Washouse (sic), Larder, Low Buildings, Saint Faiths Lane, (pencil) In Hochstetters Map this is called "Seven Coats Row", Yard, Harness, Privy, Stable, Box, Coach House, (pencil) St Faiths Lane / or / Seven Coats Row, South, Garden, Green House, Furnace, Privy, (pencil) Obelisk on Tombland, (pencil) B; (verso, pencil): B, 10.6 high Parlor / Cellars in Bast / Not Arched / Dry
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash on wove paper with five fold marks (635 x 589)
Hand
local surveyor
Watermark
Ruse & Turners 1827
Notes
At its widest, the building measures 62 feet across and 146 feet from front to back, with a large garden to the rear and a small outbuilding measuring 23 feet by 9 feet. The tiny elevation of an obelisk does not relate to the current obelisk in Tombland, which was erected in 1860. 'Hochstetters map' is a map of Norwich made in 1789 found in the Soane collection (SM 57a/3/9) and marked in pencil to show the location of the building. Despite being gutted by fire in 1945, the Georgian outer walls of the building (which is now known as 'Cambridge House' and is listed Grade II) have survived.
English Heritage, British Listed Buildings: 26, Tombland, Norwich, http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-229680-26-tombland-norfolk
English Heritage, British Listed Buildings: 26, Tombland, Norwich, http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-229680-26-tombland-norfolk
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk