Preliminary design, 14 March 1803 (2)

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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)
    - 1799-1810 Expansions north-west and rebuilding of existing offices (487)
      - Accountants Office, 1803 - 1804 (53)

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Reference number

SM (1) volume 72/24 (2) volume 72/58

Purpose

Preliminary design, 14 March 1803 (2)

Aspect

1 Section looking west and (pencil) rough elevations; (verso) rough section looking east of the Doric Vestibule and surrounding offices 2 Section looking north and rough details

Scale

(1-2) to a scale

Inscribed

1 The Bank. Accountants Office, Section, elevation labelled (Soane, pencil): Qy architrave / only to the / doors at this / end & at the / opposite end, and (Soane, brown pen) dimensions given; (verso) section labelled (Soane, brown pen): facade same / height &c. as in / the Barrack Court, level of the court to be the same as the level of the Barrack Court, Central / Inspector, Chief Ac^t, same cornice as to Barrack Court, Set / back, This Apl 3^d1803, Chim, Set back, Arcade, Princip: / Clerk, Acc^tOffice 2 The Bank of England Accountants Office, Section and dimensions given

Signed and dated

(1) March 14 1803 (verso) Apl 3^d1803 (2) March 14 1803

Hand

(1) Soane office and Soane (2) Soane office

Notes

Drawings 1 and 2 show an early design for the Accountants Office, including a flat ceiling. Five bays of tall semicircular-headed windows are shown on the north wall. The west end of the room has a segmental-headed window over an arched recess containing a semicircular window on the far wall. The arched recess is not framed by any pilasters as it was in the executed building.

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Drawing

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