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Of the walls of the building, and asking that some trial holes might be dug out so that they
could inspect the strata, and enclosing plan showing the positions of the required holes.
The Surveyor was instructed to have the said trial holes dug out in accordance with
the plans received from Messrs. Murray and Foster.
The following is a copy of the recommendation of the Building Act Committee of the
Council, which was approved by the Council on 4th December, 1894, referred to in the
above-mentioned letter:—
"That the application of Messrs. Murray and Foster, on behalf of the Vestry of Rotherhithe,
for the consent of the Council to the erection of a Town Hall, on the north-east side of Lower
Road, Rotherhithe, at the corner of Neptune Street, and also abutting upon Moodkee Street, to
the lines shown on the deposited plans, dated 24th November, 1894, be granted, subject to
the condition that the erection therein referred to be commenced within six months and
completed within eighteen months, from the 4th day of December, 1894 ; that the whole of
the land coloured blue on the amended block plan be dedicated to the use of the public ; that
no pier, pilaster, or other projection be placed on such land, notwithstanding the provisions
of section 2G, sub-section 2, of the Metropolitan Building Act, 1855, to the contrary; that
the erection be made in entire conformity with the letter of application and as shown on the
plans accompanying it, and be not at any time in any manner altered or raised without the
consent of the Council; also upon condition that if the plans or application be hereafter
found to be inaccurate in any particular, the foregoing consent of the Council shall be
null and void."
On 1st February, 1895, a letter was received from the Clerk to the Council, notifying
tho approval by the Council of the six drawings, dated 7th January, 1895, for the erection
of a Hall, and stating that the work in connection therewith must be commenced within
Six months and completed in accordance with the provisions of the London Building Act,
1894, and that upon the Theatres and Music Halls Committee reporting to the Council
the completion of the buildings in conformity with the approved drawings, a certificate
under the Metropolis Management and Building Act Amendment Act, 1878, would be sealed