Presentation drawing showing the square footage of the holdings inside the Bank building on the west side of Bank street

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Bank of England
  - Bank of England, City of London for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 1788-1834 (1352)
    - 1788-1793 Initial assessment of existing buildings and minor alterations (73)
      - Bank buildings by Sir Robert Taylor, 1766 and 1802 (10)

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Reference number

SM (7) 1/3/7

Purpose

Presentation drawing showing the square footage of the holdings inside the Bank building on the west side of Bank street

Aspect

7 Ground floor plan of a Bank building, with holdings differentiated by colour

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

a key: The part (coloured with Indian Ink) occupied by the Sun Fire Office contains / The part (coloured Red) occupied by Mess^rs Neale, James, Fordyce & Down contains / The part (coloured Brown) occupied by Sundry Tenants contains / The Whole pile contains with each line followed by the square footage, of Building, (Bailey) Plan of the Houses in Bank Street, Cornhill, & Threadneedle Street belonging to the Bank

Signed and dated

datable to before 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, grey, pink and brown washes within double ruled border on laid paper (320 x 495)

Hand

Taylor office

Watermark

LVG

Notes

Neale, James, Fordyce & Down was a London banking house from 1752 until its collapse in June 1772. The drawing therefore dates to between 1766 and 1772 and was made by Taylor's office.

Level

Drawing

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