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

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Reference number

SM (13) volume 73/12 (14) volume 75/43

Purpose

Working drawings, May 1803 (2)

Aspect

13 Ground floor plan and feint pencil elevation 14 Section thru Accountants Office on the line GH of drawing 15

Scale

(13) to a scale (14) bar scale

Inscribed

13 (Soane) The Bank of England, Water pipe, I, Court, & leave flues, H, Court Closet for / windlass, Court, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, Casing against wall, Present window / in Deputy Governor and dimensions in pen and pencil 14 as above, The Bank of England

Signed and dated

(13) (Copy) / May 3^rd 1803 (14) May 5 1803

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

Drawings 13 and 14 are working drawings of the Accountants Office in plan and section, but the design is not as executed. Drawing 29 is a slightly altered copy of drawing 13, showing a north-west extension more closely resembling the final version. In drawing 29, an office was included to the east of the Waiting Room Court, re-locating the staircase to a semicircular Vestibule further south.

Level

Drawing

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