Designs for the loggia, including executed design, 4 and 5 September 1803 (2)

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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 (79) volume 73/95 (80) volume 73/101

Purpose

Designs for the loggia, including executed design, 4 and 5 September 1803 (2)

Aspect

79 (Soane) Plan and section of passage on Corridor from the new Entrance to the Cashier Office &c &c and rough elevation of the passage 80 Plan, longitudinal section and transverse section; (verso) full size details of the base of a pilaster

Scale

(79-80) bar scale

Inscribed

79 as above, A. Continue Mouldings / of Capital at the end / of Loggia, Qy Heighten this doorway, (pencil, Soane) Qy bell light and dimensions given 80 (Soane) fixed / center, dimensions given, (verso, Soane) Base to Pilasters / full size, Sep: 5: 1803 / final and dimensions in pencil

Signed and dated

(79) Sepr 4: 1803 (80) Sept^r 5^th: 1803

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

Drawings 79 and 80 show three semicircular headed windows between the Accountants Office and the passage. In drawing 80, the final design, each of the windows is framed by raised half-antae. The bays in turn are separated by four semicircular arches. The arches span the corridor to connect with four piers of coupled antae on the south side of the loggia. A small stone wall connects the antae to the return wall on either end of the loggia. In 1891, however, the walling was removed so as to provide more light into the Accountants Office.

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