Working drawings, 13, 14 and 29 July 1803

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  - 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)
      - First phase of north-west extension: Waiting Room Court, Accountants Office and Doric Vestibule, 1801-1804 (111)

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Reference number

SM (53) volume 72/42

Purpose

Working drawings, 13, 14 and 29 July 1803

Aspect

53 Section looking west; (Soane) three details of fascia; and elevation looking west

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

(Soane) July 29: 1803 / Cornice / F, July 13: 1803 / N.B if the height of 11:3 / should (as it possibly may) / be only 11:0 the diff^c / must be in the height of / the brickwork between / the stone plinth & the / stone fascia. // July 14: 1803 / NB The level of the Courts should / be if possible six inches / below the level of the Basement / floor, but this is not absolutely / necessary in all cases, three or 4 inches / might be sufficient for use, A. the recess as shewn 9 inches / on the face, but they must / depend on the gauged work / round the arch, which will / reduce them to 8½ or 8¼, / this must be determined exactly by the Bricklayer / before the mason can get / his plinth & base mouldings / on the stone fascia, fascia, A (five times), B (twice), July 14: 1803, Stone (five times), floor (three times), gauged arch, acc^t Office Cornice, old cornice, lettered A to E, full size, Wall line, D, full size, July 14: 1803, Fascia, C and dimensions in pen and red pen

Signed and dated

as above, July 1803

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Watermark

I Taylor 1801

Notes

Drawing 53 is an early working drawing, for the brickwork and masonry of the building's external walls. Soane's inscription indicates his understanding of the imprecise nature of construction, writing that the Court 'should be if possible six inches below the level of the Basement floor, but this is not absolutely necessary in all cases, three or 4 inches might be sufficient...'. He has also ordered that the bricklayer must determine the dimensions of the arches before the mason can work on the stone fascia.

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