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Reference number

SM (30) 10/4/22 (31) 10/4/23

Purpose

Working drawings for windows on the south elevation of the Residence Court, mid 1797

Aspect

30 Elevation of Wyatt window with blind arch and unornamented apron; section through centre of window; and Section from A to B 31 Elevation of window as in drawing 29 with ornamentation, brick arch and glazing; two sections showing window and floor timbers; two plans of window; and one detail of cornice

Scale

(30-31) bar scale

Inscribed

30 as above, Section thro' / Center of Wind[ow] (sheet trimmed), (Bailey) Design for Window on the North side of the Lothbury Court, The Bank 31 (pencil) Brick arch, General Section, Arch, and dimensions given, (Bailey) Design for Window on the North side of the Lothbury Court, The Bank of England

Signed and dated

  • (30-31) (Bailey) 1797 and datable to May or June 1797 (see Notes below)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

Drawings 30 and 31 show the windows on the south side of the Residence Court, which was constructed in 1797. The windows were for domestic apartments, to house the Accountant and the Deputy Accountant. Drawings 28 and 29 show elevations of the south wall with similar windows included, and they date to May and July 1797, indicating that working drawings for the windows (drawings 30 and 31) were executed at about the same date.

See SM 1287 M for a model of the windows in the Residence Court.

Level

Drawing

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