Proposals of a New Model for Rebuilding the City of LONDON, with Houfes, Streets and Wharfs, to be forthwith fet out by His Majefty's and the City Surveyors: With the Advantages that will accrue by the Building the fame accordingly, Viz.

I. The Owners satisfied for their Ground, the Builder for Building, and the Poor Inhabitants their Loffes by the Fire.

II. The City built flately with large Streets, the Houfes not in Danger of Fire, and the Ground all put to the best Profit.

III. The People will walk eafy and dry, the Houfes-of-Office and Streets kept sweet and clean; and Goods delivered much cheaper.

IV. Convenient Houfes, Shops, Warehoufes and Wharfs not dear.

V. Advanced to His Majefty by Fines 372670 l.

VI. A Revenue for ever fettled upon the Crown of per Ann. 223517 l. 10 s.

I. O NE Row of Buildings fronting towards the River of Thames from the Temple to the Tower-Dock, to be built uniform with Stone or Brick; the Front, Backfide, and Partition-walls, at leaf one Brick and a half thick, from the Bottom to the Top; the Cellars arched with Brick, or Stone, ten Foot high, and fifteen Foot wide, with two Vaults before each Door in the Street, of the fame Bignels, and fhall fand at leaft eighty Foot from the High-Water Mark, and fhall be all thirty Foot in the Front, and twenty-five Foot deep, and four Stories high, befides the Cellars and Roofs: The two firft Stories ten Foot high each, and the two uppermoft Stories eight Foot high each; and there fhall be no Garden, Yard, or Backfide, belonging to them; but fhall have Houfes built after the fame Manner clofe to the Backfide of them, fronting towards the North, with a Shore between every two Houfes to the Thames; over which fhall be to each Houfie (both on the Forefide and Backfide) an Houfe-of-Office, and a Piazzan of ten Foot wide, paved with free Stone for People to walk dry and eafy upon, and an open Newell of fix Foot wide and twenty Foot long between every four Houfes, to give Light to their feveral Stair-Cafes, in which their Houfes-of-Office fhall be.

II. Two Streets of fixty Foot wide each: One from St. Dunflan's Church in Fleetfreeto Tower-Hill; and the other from Holborn-Bridge and Goldsmiths Rents to Newgate; and then to Leaden-ball-freet, with a Common-Sewer in the Middle of each, of fix Foot high and four Foot wide, with Houfes and Piazzas on both Sides built as before.

III. Twenty-two Streets of thirty Foot wide each, and each a Common-Sewer; ten whereof fhall go in Length from the Temple to Tower-Hill, ten more whereof from Fetter-lane or Goldsmiths Rents, to the Old-Bailey; and then towards Tower-Hill and Crutched-Friars; and the other two from Shoe-lane towards Bifhoptgate-freet; between every of which fhall be built Houfes after the fame Manner, with Piazzas on both Sides of five Foot wide, paved and built over as before.

IV. Six crofs Streets of fixty Foot wide each, with each a Common-Sewer as before, viz. One from Goldsmiths Rents by the Temple to the Thames; one from Smithfield down the Old Bailey to the Thames; one from Alderfgate to St. Paul's Church, and then to Paul's Wharf; one from Cripplegate to Queenbith; one from Moorgate to Dowgate-flaïrs; and one from Bifhoptgate-freet to London-Bridge, together with the Houfes on both Sides of the Cutt, to have Piazzas of ten Foot wide built over as before.

V. Six other crofs Streets of thirty Foot wide each, with each a Common-Sewer as before: One leading from Shoe-lane to the Thames; one from Holborn-Conduit to the Thames; one from Chriſt-Church by the Weft-End of St. Paul's Church to the Thames; one from the Middle of the Wall between Alderfgate and Cripplegate to the Thames; one from the Middle of the Wall between Cripplegate and Moorgate to the Thames; and one from the Poftern-Gate in Moorfields to the Thames, with Piazzas on both Sides of them, of five Foot wide, paved and built over as before.

VI. A Cutt of thirty Foot wide for the Thames to run in, and Barges to fwim in at High Water, leading from Billings-Gate up St. Mary-Hill to Fenbury-freet, and fo winding through Grace-church-freet to Broad-freet, and then down Lathbury to Holborn-Bridge, and from Hackley in the Hole by Clerkenwell to Bridewell-Dock, with Wharfs on both Sides of eighty Foot wide, (which Cutt will coſt nothing digging, becaufe that which comes out of it will be uſeful in the Buildings). The Stone of all the Churches burnt, and the Bricks and Rubbſh lying upon the Ground (except St. Paul's, St. Bride's, St. Sepulchre's, Chriſt-Church and Bow) to be pulled down, and taken towards making good the Walls of the faid Cutt.

VII. The Owners of all the Ground to have their Proportions reſpectively ſet out as near the Place where it was, as may be, and to be enjoined to let the fame to build at the Rate of 3 s. per Foot per Ann. for every Foot in the Front, (which fhall be twenty-five Foot deep) for ever.

VIII. The Builders to have eight per Cent. for ever, for all the Monies they fhall lay out in Building, ſecured by a Rent-Charge upon the Houſe or Houſes they ſhall build.

IX. Each Houſe in the Streets of fixty Foot wide, and by the Thames, to be lett for 70 l. Fine, and 70 l. per Ann. for twenty-one Years, (which will coſt but 250 l. a-piece building; and each in the Streets of thirty Foot wide, for 50 l. Fine, and 50 l. per Ann. for the like Time (which will coſt but 200 l. a-piece building) and not for more or leſs: Out of which the Ground-Rent fhall be firſt paid, which will be 4 l. 10 s. for every Houſe; next the Builder his 8 per Cent. which will be for ſome Houſes 10 l. each, and for others 16 l. each; and the Remainder which will be 45 l. 10 s. for ſome, and 29 l. 10 s. for others, with all the Fines, ſhall be paid to the King, his Heirs, and Succeſſors, towards the Maintenance of his Forces by Sea and Land; out of which ſhall be firſt paid, and ſatisſed, to every Perſon that hath loſt by the Fire, ſuch a Proportion as the Parliament ſhall think fit.

There will be in the Great Streets, and by the Thames, 891 Houſes; In the Leſſer 6206, and 800 Wharfs, which will amount to per Ann. 223517 l. 10 s. Besides the Ground-Rent and Builders. And the Fines for the Houſes and Wharfs will amount to 372670 l.

20 Sept. 1666.

VAL. KNIGHT.

II. The City built flatly with large Streets, the Houfes not in Danger of Fire, and the Ground all put to the best Profit.

IV. Convenient Houfes, Shops, Wareboufes and Wharfs not dear.

I. O
NE Row of Buildings fronting towards the River of Thames from the Temple to the Tower-Deck, to be built uniform with Stone or Brick; the Front, Backfide, and Partition-walls, at leaf one Brick and a half thick, from the Bottom to the Top; the Cellars arched with Brick, or Stone, ten Foot high, and fifteen Foot wide, with two Vaults before each Door in the Street, of the fame Bigneis, and shall fand at leaft eighty Foot from the High-Water Mark, and shall be all thirty Foot in the Front, and twenty-five Foot deep, and four Stories high, befides the Cellars and Roofs: The two firft Stories ten Foot high each, and the two uppermoft Stories eight Foot high each; and there shall be no Garden, Yard, or Backfide, belonging to them; but shall have Houfes built after the fame Manner cloſe to the Backfide of them, fronting towards the North, with a Shore between every two Houfes to the Thames, over which ſhall be to each Houſe (both on the Forefide and Backfide) an Houſe-of-Office, and a Piazzan of ten Foot wide, paved with free Stone for People to walk dry and eafy upon, with the Houfes continued over it. The Signs and Sign-Poſts to be of Iron or Copper; and an open Newell of fix Foot wide and twenty Foot long between every four Houſes, to give Light to their several Stair-Cafes, in which their Houſes-of-Office ſhall be.

II. Two Streets of fixty Foot wide each: One from St. Dunflan's Church in Fleetstreet to Tower-Hill; and the other from Holborn-Bridge and Goldsmiths Rents to Newgate; and then to Leaden-bail-freet, with a Common-Sewer in the Middle of each, of fix Foot high and four Foot wide, with Houfes and Piazzas on both Sides built as before.

III. Twenty-two Streets of thirty Foot wide each, and each a Common-Sewer; ten whereof ſhall go in Length from the Temple to Tower-Hill, ten more whereof from Fetter-lane or Goldsmiths Rents, to the Old-Bailey; and then towards Tower-Hill and Crutched-Friars; and the other two from Shoe-lane towards Bifhopſgate-freet; between every of which ſhall be built Houfes after the fame Manner, with Piazzas on both Sides of five Foot wide, paved and built over as before.

IV. Six croſs Streets of fixty Foot wide each, with each a Common-Sewer as before, viz. One from Goldsmiths Rents by the Temple to the Thames; one from Smithfield down the Old Bailey to the Thames; one from Alderſgate to St. Paul's Church, and then to Paul's Wharf; one from Cripplegate to Queenbith; one from Moorgate to Dowgate-flaſs; and one from Bifhopſgate-freet to London-Bridge, together with the Houfes on both Sides of the Cutt, to have Piazzas of ten Foot wide built over as before.

V. Six other croſs Streets of thirty Foot wide each, with each a Common-Sewer as before: One leading from Shoe-lane to the Thames; one from Holborn-Conduit to the Thames; one from Chriſt-Church by the Weſt-End of St. Paul's Church to the Thames; one from the Middle of the Wall between Alderſgate and Cripplegate to the Thames; one from the Middle of the Wall between Cripplegate and Moorgate to the Thames; and one from the Poſtern-Gate in Moorfields to the Thames, with Piazzas on both Sides of them, of five Foot wide, paved and built over as before.

VI. A Cutt of thirty Foot wide for the Thames to run in, and Barges to ſwim in at High Water, leading from Billings-Gate up St. Mary-Hill to Fincburch-freet, and a winding through Grace-church-freet to Broad-freet, and then down Lettbury to Holborn-Bridg, and from Hackney in the Hole by Clerkenwell to Bridewell-Dock, with Wharfs on both Sides of eighty Foot wide, (which Cutt will coſt nothing digging, becauſe that which comes out of it will be uſeful in the Buildings). The Stone of all the Churches burnt, and the Bricks and Rubbith lying upon the Ground (except St. Paul's, St. Bride's, St. Sepulchre's, Chriſt-Church and Bow) to be pulled down, and taken towards making good the Walls of the faſd Cutt.

VII. The Owners of all the Ground to have their Proportions reſpectively ſet out as near the Place where it was, as may be, and to be enjoined to let the fame to build at the Rate of 3 s. per Foot per Ann. for every Foot in the Front, (which ſhall be twenty-five Foot deep) for ever.

VIII. The Builders to have eight per Cent. for ever, for all the Monies they ſhall lay out in Building, ſecured by a Rent-Charge upon the Houſe or Houſes they ſhall build.

IX. Each Houſe in the Streets of fixty Foot wide, and by the Thames, to be let for 70 l. Fine, and 70 l. per Ann. for twenty-one Years, (which will coſt but 250 l. a-piece building; and each in the Streets of thirty Foot wide, for 50 l. Fine, and 50 l. per Ann. for the like Time (which will coſt but 200 l. a-piece building) and not for more or leſs: Out of which the Ground-Rent ſhall be firſt paid, which will be 4l 10s. for every Houſe; next the Builder his 8 per Cent. which will be for ſome Houſes 10 l. each, and for others 16 l. each; and the Remainder which will be 45 l. 10s. for ſome, and 29l. 10s. for others, with all the Fines, ſhall be paid to the King, his Heirs, and Succeſſors, towards the Maintenance of his Forces by Sea and Land; out of which ſhall be firſt paid, and ſatisſed, to every Perfon that hath loſt by the Fire, a ſuch a Proportion as the Parliament ſhall think fit.

There will be in the Great Streets, and by the Thames, 891 Houſes;
In the Leſſer 6206, and 800 Wharfs, which will amount to per Ann. 223517 l. 10s.
Befides the Ground-Rent and Builders.
And the Fines for the Houſes and Wharfs will amount to
372670 l.

20 Sept. 1666.

VAL KNIGHT.

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