The original drawings were a record plan of the newly constructed buildings. There is a general site plan showing their relation to other structures and more detailed plans showing the ground floors of all the buildings and the surrounding wall, a basement and the first floor of the prison building. There is a description of the construction materials and a table detailing the estimated and actual costs, the authorisation, commencement and completion dates and the same information for alterations carried out three years later.
The original drawing was presumable created after theses alterations in 1874 and was signed on the 13th February 1874. On 28th October 1903 extensive revisions including the addition of extra buildings and reorganisation of space in the existing buildings were added to the plan in red pen, with a table giving construction figures and dates, as above. Later still but undated are some slight changes in blue and lead pencil.
This is part of the Job: PF/AFC/007 Hand-Tinted Record Plans Of The Military Prison And Chief Wardens House Near Archcliffe Fort; within the Volume: PF/AFC Archcliffe Fort, Dover, Kent; within the Series: EHC01/022 English Heritage Plans And Measured Drawings; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive
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Victorian Prison Governors House, Early 20th Century Military Depot, Victorian Military Prison