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Reference number
SM (11) 56/8/22
Purpose
Survey drawing of the ground floor
Aspect
11 Sketch plan of part of the ground floor of Mr Jacques' Premises Broad Quay Bristol with (verso) rough plan of the first floor and wall section
Scale
to a scale (verso) bar scale of ? inch to 1 foot, relating to a different plan, subsequently drawn over
Inscribed
as above, labelled: Baset 7ft high / Pump in Kitchen, Shop, Cornice / Mahog[an]y Door / Dado Pan[nelle]d? / ---- (illegible) Marble Chy / wood dressings, Paved with Stone / & Marble, Stone Steps, Stone Floor & / Arched Wash house under, Adjoin[in]g Premis, Iron Grating to give light / to Basemt, 2 Stories, 2 Stories / very old & ruinous, Beam, Stove & Oven / Sink and dimensions given; (verso): good Cornice / Shutters / Dado Pannelld / Marble Chy with / wood dressings / Statuary & yellow / Common Paper / Mahog Door, Arched Cellar / under the Wash / let for 4 Years / width of House / 6.6 high in / centre // Cesspool / Privy with Sewer / Cistern under Yard // Chamber floor / as Draw Room / 8.10 high / Papered & Skirting / no Shutters // Attics the same high / the Closet large / 8.3 deal, Store / Closet &c, Closet whole / height, Cupb' above, Back Room / Pl Cornice / Walls Cold / No Shutters / Paints good / Pl Dado. Painted / M Door / Wood Chy, Staircase / Walls Painted all up / Stone Steps up to the / One Pair the wood / to imitate Stone / Massive New Handrail / & rail against Wall, Court, Store / Room, Wall must / be raised / Adjoi[nin]g B, Court and dimensions given, Gutter on / Left side, Staircase being lit / by large Skylight, Upper Part disfigured / by the admission of rain and dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pricked for transfer on laid secretary paper with five fold marks (402 x 321)
Hand
badly-nested tags: br
Watermark
Fellows 1825, Britannia with lance, shield and olive branch within crowned oval
Level
Drawing
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