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Reference number

SM (15) 56/1/31 (16) 56/2/1

Purpose

Survey drawings (2)

Aspect

15 Outline plan 16 Plan of warehouses

Scale

(15) bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot (16) bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

15 labelled: King Street, and dimensions given, with some calculations in pencil; (verso): Mr Bailey / Surveyors office / Bank of England 16 labelled: Passage, (pencil) Chancerey [sic] Lane, and dimensions given; (pencil, added later) H 6 Sheets

Medium and dimensions

(15) Pen, pricked for transfer on thin wove paper with six fold marks (582 x 349) (16) pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper with three fold marks (565 x 660)

Hand

(15, 16) Thomas Heath, clerk of works

Notes

The dimensions given on drawing 15 vary from those on drawing 2, as does the shape of the rear of the premises. Subsequent drawings by George Bailey show the true shape of the site.

Level

Drawing

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