The rebuilding of the hospital in the eighteenth century : part 2 / by Sir D'Arcy Power, K.B.E.

  • D'Arcy Power
Date:
[1927]
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Credit: The rebuilding of the hospital in the eighteenth century : part 2 / by Sir D'Arcy Power, K.B.E. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i£ The North Wing £6500 'The South Wing £6100 The East Wing £5200 The West Wing £5200 £23,000 “ I have the honour to be ££ Gentlemen ££ Your most obed . Servt. ££ Philip Hardwick. ££ To The Committee of the Governors omew’s Hospital.” of St. Barthol- The matter appears to have been put in hand, but it was not until January 10, 1850, that ££ Tenders were received from the following Builders for the repair during the present year of the external Masonry of one side either of the Wings of the Hospital, viz. : of the front of ££ Messrs. Piper £1624 Messrs. Cubett £2187 Mr. Lee .... £2005 Messrs. Hayward £2037 Messrs. Mallcott £2242 Messrs. Baker £2324 ££ Resolved That the Tender of Messrs. Piper for £1624 being the lowest be accepted and that the sum be reported to the next Ho. Committee with the alterations proposed by the Treasurer and Almoners for the conveyance by Machinery of the Coal and Diet to the several Wards.” At a Meeting of the House Committee on Tuesday, Decem¬ ber 24, 1850, “ the Treasurer reported to the Committee that the recasing of the South Wing of the Hospital which was commenced in February last had been nearly com¬ pleted under the superintendence of the Surveyor in a most satisfactory manner and that the work which had been done at the cost of £5200 was considerably under the estimate.” The work was unfortunately attended by a fatal accident, for on Thursday, November 14, 1850, ££ £5 compensation was granted to the widow of Thomas Brown a Labourer who lost his life, leaving three children, on Saturday, the 20th ult. by falling from the scaffold erected for the pur¬ pose of recasing the Hospital.”
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