Survey drawing of a house in Tombland

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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 1/8^th 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 Bas^t / 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

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Drawing

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