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Buckingham Palace: Improvements. Plans showing a proposal for removal of Marble Arch...
Catalogue reference: WORK 34/11
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This record is about the Buckingham Palace: Improvements. Plans showing a proposal for removal of Marble Arch... dating from 1851 in the series Office of Works and successors: Royal Palaces: Plans and Drawings. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WORK 34/11
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851
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Description (What the record is about)
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Buckingham Palace: Improvements. Plans showing a proposal for removal of Marble Arch from Buckingham Palace and incorporated as central arch (called 'The Queen's Gate), with arcades at entrance to Green Park at the end of Pall Mall. Elevation showing Spencer House, Bridgewater House and Stafford House, Bridgewater House and Stafford House. Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet; 1 inch to 22 feet.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- GA/BP:IMP/171; Reg No C/8/1052; T S 17D
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 53.5 cm x 67.5 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2016502/
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WORK 34
Office of Works and successors: Royal Palaces: Plans and Drawings
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