Large volume containing: 11 pen, ink, and wash plans, sections and elevations; each mounted on linen and signed ‘E.L. Bracebridge, Architect, 136 High Street Poplar, E. London, January 19th 1867’; a plan of the basement area dated 1937 and 8 later blueprints dated 1962 for further alteration loosely slipped in. These drawings of the Sailors Home illustrate a key factor of seamen’s lives; their time spent in port, waiting for their next vessel. These homes existed in every major port, to provide accommodation for seamen as they wait for their next vessel, often run on a charitable basis. The Sailors Home grew from the founding in 1827 of the Destitute Sailor’s Asylum, based in Dock Street north of London Docks. It soon became apparent that there was a need for accommodation for more than just destitute sailors, and in 1835, a new Home was opened in Wells Street. These plans relate to an extension built onto the Home from 1863, as well as subsequent alterations, most notably the blue prints from 1962, when the Home was completely redesigned and much of the 1860s layout replaced. The Home itself closed in 1975, reflecting the decline of the Port of London.