Alternative designs for the east side of the Court and the vestibule immediately behind its colonnade, November and December 1797 (5)

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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)
    - 1791-1801 Rebuilding of offices in the east wing and north-east extension (430)
      - Lothbury Court and surrounding offices, 1797-1801 (109)

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Reference number

SM (27) 10/3/39 (28) 10/3/35 (29) 10/3/34 (30) 10/3/37 (31) 10/3/36

Purpose

Alternative designs for the east side of the Court and the vestibule immediately behind its colonnade, November and December 1797 (5)

Aspect

27 Elevation of twin Corinthian columns raised in antis between two semicircular-headed entrances, a part-plan of the semicircular vestibule, two sections of the passage behind the colonnade and rough plan of a doorway 28 Elevation of six-column portico in antis raised behind a perron and two straight flight stairs decorated with an oculus and sash ornamentation similar to drawing 27; (Soane) alterations to ornament in the attic, modifications to the windows and ceiling of the arched vestibule behind the colonnade; sheet also includes rough detail of fluted pilaster, feint pencil elevation of stair, three elevations of colonnade and attic, rough pencil elevation of attic and rough detail of attic 29 Elevation of the east side as in drawing 27 but with single straight flight stair; (Soane) rough alterations to the windows and arched vestibule behind the colonnade, rearrangment of the attic pilasters and (pencil) rough plan, detail and elevation of east side with a different attic 30 Elevation showing four Corinthian columns in antis raised on pedestals behind a straight flight stair; (Soane) rough alterations to the windows and ornament, rough plan of the semicircular vestibule, elevation of door with pediment and brackets, detail of stair and column base, rough elevation of Tivoli door and rough plan of a corner 31 Elevation showing four columns, straight flight stair and pedestals as in drawing 30 with (Soane) alterations to windows behind the colonnade

Scale

(27-31) bar scale

Inscribed

27 11 Risers @ 7¼ = 6: 5¾ / In front__6.9 and dimensions given, (Bailey) The Bank of England, Sketch of a Design for the East side of the Lothbury Court 28 part of attic indicated (pencil) **Plain, A, dimensions given, dimensions in black pen added on Nov. 28. 97, (Bailey) The Bank of England, Sketches of Designs for the East side of the Lothbury Court 29 calculations in feint pencil, (Bailey) The Bank of England, Sketch of a Design for the East side of the Lothbury Court 30 dimensions given, (Bailey) The Bank of England, Sketch of a Design for the East side of the Lothbury Court 31 some dimensions in feint pencil, (Bailey) The Bank of England, Sketch of a Design for the East side of the Lothbury Court

Signed and dated

(27) Nov^r 20 1797 (28) Nov 16^th 1797, Nov^r25^th1797 (29) Nov^r29^th 1797 (30) Dec 19 1797 (31) after 19 December 1797 (Bailey) 1797

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Level

Drawing

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