Variant designs and details for a portico on a segmental plan

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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)
      - Tivoli Corner 1803-1805 (61)

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Reference number

SM (48) 1/6/23

Purpose

Variant designs and details for a portico on a segmental plan

Aspect

48 Ground floor plan; elevation of the attic; two elevations of the pedestals supporting the twin columns; elevation of the twin columns; elevation of the entablature over the twin columns

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

Sketch of a Design for the North West Corner of the Bank of England, A projection of base of Pedestal, Center and calculations, Iron Railing, Iron Rail, door, feint pencil note in the upper left-hand corner and dimensions given

Hand

Soane

Notes

Recesses are included to either side of the door, behind the columns. On the left side of the drawing, the recess is shown with a curved wall; an alternative ground floor plan shows a more conventional composition.

Alternative ground plans for the twin columns on both ends are shown with corresponding elevations, with the design on the lower left-hand side cancelled in pencil. The preferred elevation shows a door recessed between two pedestals leading to a small space between the pedestals.

Level

Drawing

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