Catalogue description PORLOCK WEIR agreement, plans

Articles of agreement between Admiral James Douglas of Bryanston Square, London, and John Allen of Lynton (co. Devon), engineer, for the construction of a sluice or tunnel in the marsh or decoy at Porlock at the place where a decayed sluice or tunnel exists, 1825.

Plan entitled "Porlock Weir", undated: watercolour on tracing linen; 27 in. x 39 in.: ¼ in. to one foot; showing layout of proposed new sluice.

Plan entitled "Dock Entrance. Porlock Weir", [pencilled 1875]: watercolour on paper; 18 in. x 22 in.: 8 feet to one inch; showing ground plan and longitudinal section.

Plan entitled "Porlock, Somerset. R. W. Blathwayt Esq. Proposed defence-work at Porlock Ford", 1911: watercolour on tracing linen; 19 in. x 21 in.: 20 feet to one inch; giving plan and fourteen sections.

Plan entitled "Proposed pier at Porlock Weir, Somerset. Sheet No.1.", 1911: watercolour on paper; 23 in. x 36 in.: 20 feet to one inch; showing nine cross-sections.

Plan entitled "Porlock Weir. Somerset. - the property of Robert Wynter Blathwayt, Esquire. - New Bridge over Dock Entrance", 1911: 30 in. x 39 in. (within frame): 2 feet to one inch; showing also cross-sections of constructional parts on scale of half full-size.

Plan entitled "Porlock, Somerset. Proposed repairs to Sea Bank, New Groyne, &c. for Robert Wynter Blathwayt, Esquire", 1911: watercolour on paper; 26 in. x 39 in. (within frame): 40 feet to one inch; showing also cross-sections of bank and constructional parts.