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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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