Variant presentation drawings for the south elevation with twin rusticated columns flanking two doors, one dated 24 June 1805 (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)
      - Barracks, 1805-1807 (19)

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Reference number

SM (12) 1/7/4 (13) 1/7/5

Purpose

Variant presentation drawings for the south elevation with twin rusticated columns flanking two doors, one dated 24 June 1805 (2)

Aspect

12 Elevation of the Barracks building 13 Elevation of the Barracks building; rough sections of walls surrounding the Printing Office Court; rough section of the balustrade

Scale

(12-13) bar scale

Inscribed

12 The Bank of England, Elevation of the proposed Barracks 13 The Bank of England, Sketch of a design for the Barracks. 1805, elevation and sections labelled (Soane): Great Quad[rangle], Sold[iers] / Court, Front Wall, Paving / of G[rea]t / Quadr[angle], Loth[bury], fascia to range with Gallery, L[evel] of Paving in Lothbury and dimensions given

Signed and dated

(12) June 1805 (13) June 24 1805

Hand

(12) Soane office (13) Soane office and Soane

Watermark

(12-13) J Ruse 1804

Notes

Drawings 12 and 13 show the north side of the Barracks, consisting of five rusticated bays on the ground level with a door in two of the bays. Drawing 12 shows the middle three bays separated by four pairs of rusticated attached columns carrying a single entablature. In drawing 11, only the centre bay includes attached columns while the outer two bays are separated by twin rusticated columns supporting a narrow cornice. Drawing 13 shows the varying ground levels of Lothbury Street and the paved Printing Office Court (referred to as the Great Quadrangle), as well as the heights of the walls facing the Court.

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