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[1] Site survey, June 1801
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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
Messrs Praeds & Co, Fleet Street, labelled: Messrs North Hoare & Co, 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.
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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