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May 1784

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Three Courts for
Females}


"Placed North and South No. 2 & 4 and with the same conveniences

"Two In [..]


"The one Placed at the South end of the Males Courts and the West
"end of the Females to be One Story high and divided above the Areades
"law three Apartments each of a Proportion and Height to place three
"or four Beds therein with Ventilators and a reasonable supply of did
"with vapour Rooms and Water Closets adjoining

"Basement Story

Under the Brisons


[..] Kitchen and other Offices and Collard and a Warehouse and
" [..] No. 3 and No. 4 Baths to each of the four Prisons which
"may occasionally be heated Two Dungeons also placed under each
"Prison but with thorough Air and Light occasionally Under No. 1 and 2
"separate Rooms for Male and Female Vagrants with ways from the
"outside down to the same. These will add to the above Numbers

"It must be remembered that the first Story being raised at
"least Four Feet from the surface of the Street will admit Light and Air
"and be at least equal to the Offices in the Basement Storys of modern
"dwelling houses

Under the Working Rooms


"To be contained the Repositorys of the Matcridle to be made
"use of and to be raised up by an Opening in the center of each Working
"Room

"Under the end Working Room Tanks may be formed to
"receive all the Rain Water from the Premises with Primps to force up the
"same into the different Passages but the most convenient and least
"expensive way to supply Water will be the forming Cesterns on the Roof [..]
"and Pipes to descend therefrom to the aforesaid Passages

"Two Upper Storys

"To be Ten feet high. The several Cells Rooms and Passages to be
"arched in Brick Work and pased with hard White Bricks or Clinkers

"All the Windows to be raised at least Six Feet from the Floor.

"Ventilators over each Passage and a free currency of Air preserved
"throughout and up the Stair casesAir holes in the Walls




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