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Rochester County Court. Contract drawing number 1: block plan and basement plan....
Catalogue reference: WORK 30/742
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This record is about the Rochester County Court. Contract drawing number 1: block plan and basement plan.... dating from 1861 July 5 in the series Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings in England: 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 30/742
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1861 July 5
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Description (What the record is about)
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Rochester County Court. Contract drawing number 1: block plan and basement plan. Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet; 1 inch to 4 feet. Signed by Charles Reeves, Surveyor of County Courts. Inscribed 'This is the plan marked No 1 referred to in the Specification of the works to be executed in the erection of the County Court House and Offices at Rochester in the County of Kent according to indenture or Deed of Contract bearing the date the thirty first day of May 1861 and made between Kenneth Spicer of Strood in the County of Kent of the one part and William Augustus Tollemache of Eaton Place West in the County of Middlesex, Esquire Treasurer of the County Courts of Kent of the other part'; signed by Reeves and Spicer. Stamped 'London 5.7.61'; also stamped with two 6d and one 9/- stamps.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- WORK 30/742 - WORK 30/750 are produced in a single portfolio
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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)
- GLC/ROC:82; O C No. 1526/1A; T S 1
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- Public Record(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 56 cm x 73.5 cm
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open Immediately
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- In ink, coloured, on Whatman paper.
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Maps and plans
- Wills and probate
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4270855/
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WORK 30
Office of Works and successors: Public Buildings in England: Plans and Drawings
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Rochester County Court. Contract drawing number 1: block plan and basement plan....
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