[1] Site survey, June 1801

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Town houses
  - London: 90 Fleet Street, City of London: new banking house for William Praed, 1801 (59)
    - Surveys and preliminary designs, June-July 1801 (18)

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Reference number

SM 40/2/7

Purpose

[1] Site survey, June 1801

Aspect

Site plan

Scale

to a scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Mess^rs Praeds & C^o, Fleet Street, labelled: Mess^rs North Hoare & C^o, Privy and dimensions given

Signed and dated

June 1801
June 1801

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper with two fold marks (565 x 536)

Hand

Thomas Sword
Pupil January 1799 - 1804.

Watermark

1794

Notes

The Soane Office Day Books record that on Monday 15 June 1801 Thomas Sword 'took a plan of some Ground / adjoining Messrs North & Co / in Fleet Street'. The site has a narrow frontage of 23 feet 2 inches but widens towards the rear with an extensive yard area behind.

Level

Drawing

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