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Reference number

SM (1) volume 60/27 (2) volume 60/34

Purpose

Design for a four-columned triumphal arch, 25 January and 2 February 1803 (2)

Aspect

1 Perspective looking south-east; (verso) part-elevation 2 Perspective looking south-east; part-elevation of the attic; (verso) plan for the upper floor of an unidentified house

Inscribed

1 Bank of England, A Design for the North West corner 2 Bank of England, (capitals, pencil) The Bank of En[gland], (pencil) Panel / Gate

Signed and dated

  • (1) Jan 25 1803 (verso) Feb 2d 1803 (2) Jan 25th 1803

Hand

(1) Soane office (verso) Soane (2) Soane office (verso) Soane office

Notes

Drawings 1 and 2 show a triumphal arch on the north-west corner. Raised Corinthian columns frame the central arch and single columns are set at an angle to the main face. Drawing 1 has erasure marks reducing the size of the attic and eliminating projecting pilasters over the angled columns. Semicircular-headed niches are added in pencil to the main face. In both drawings, the Lothbury Street screen wall (left-hand side of drawing) is drawn as built, aside from the projecting portico in the centre. The Princes Street screen wall (right-hand side of drawing) is included in drawing 1 and shown with a projecting portico. The walls were completed in 1805 and 1807, respectively.

The verso of drawing 1 has a design similar to that of drawings 3 and 4, with the attic consisting of a central pedestal crowned with an acroterion and with a semicircular arch framing an urn. Fluted pilasters flank both sides of the attic pedestal. The arch below contains a door with fanlight.


The verso of drawing 2 has an upper storey plan of a house, consisting of three rooms with each centred on a window.

Level

Drawing

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