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Reference number

SM (49) 1/6/28 (50) 1/6/29 (51) 1/6/30

Purpose

Variant designs for a pedimented attic over a portico on a segmental plan, February 1805 (3)

Aspect

49 Front elevation; part-side elevation; plan of the second stage; and half-plan of the lower stage 50 Front elevation; side elevation; plan of the second stage; half-plan of the lower stage; and rough (pencil) detail of a swag ornament 51 Front elevation; plan of the second stage; plan of the lower stage; and rough (pencil) detail of a rosette

Scale

(49, 51) bar scale (50) to a scale

Inscribed

49 The Bank of England, Sketch of a Design for part of the attic. North West End 50 The Bank of England, Sketch of a Design for part of the Atti. North West End. 51 The Bank of England, Sketch of a Design for part of the Attic / North West End

Signed and dated

  • (49-50) February 1805 (51) February 4rth 1805

Hand

Soane office

Notes

The attic has slightly curved walls that correspond with the ground floor plan (as shown in drawing 48). The upper stage of the attic is successively wider in side elevation in each drawing. Both drawings 50 and 51 show semicircular-headed arches and panelled pilasters added in pencil to the main face of the attic. The pencil additions could serve to indicate the arched openings at the back of the attic or, in drawing 51, the pencil elevation could indicate the shape of the niches inside the attic. Most apparent is the lack of ornamentation, blocking course and scrolled acroteria in drawing 49 that occur in the other two drawings.

Level

Drawing

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