Survey drawings of Taylor's south and south-east Transfer Offices, September 1817 (3)

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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)
    - 1817-1833 Rebuilding of offices in the south-east and the façade, temporary office spaces and presentation drawings (219)
      - South and south-east Transfer Offices, 1817-23 (115)

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Reference number

SM (1) 9/4/11 (2) 9/4/10 (3) 1/2/15

Purpose

Survey drawings of Taylor's south and south-east Transfer Offices, September 1817 (3)

Aspect

1-3 Plans

Scale

(1-3) bar scale

Inscribed

1 Rotunda, Vestibule, Bartholomew Lane, The Bank of England, Threadneedle Street and Line of Plastering 2 Rotunda, Vestibule, S^t Bartholomew's Lane, Threadneedle Street, The Bank of England, Line of Battening & plaster and some dimensions given 3 Rotunda, St Bartholomew's Lane, (pencil) 72 feet of Counter / 4 per Cent office, 5 per Cent / from the 4 Per Cent and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

(1) Sep^r. 1817 (2) September 1817.

Hand

Soane office

Notes

Though only two of the three drawings here are dated, it would be safe to assume that the third is also dated to or around September 1817, making this group the earliest datable drawings for the south and south-east Transfer Offices.

All three drawings show both offices as well as part of the Rotunda (which had already been rebuilt by Soane 1794-95), positioning the two rooms in the south-east corner of the Bank (the south-east Transfer Office borders Bartholomew Lane and Threadneedle Street and the south Transfer Office borders Threadneedle Street alone). The first two drawings give the dimensions of both offices, which are very similar (the south Transfer Office: 64:1¼" x 45:8½", the south-east Transfer Office: 64:2" x 45:8"). The two offices were to be remarkably similarly in all respects. According to D. Abramson, Soane's initial idea in 1805 was to rebuild the office south of the Rotunda identically to the office directly north of the Rotunda (to create symmetry). Eventually, however, 'more innovative variations were made to the Bank Stock Office prototype'.

Drawing 3 shows 16 columns in each office, one feature of Taylor's original halls that Soane was to change. The arrangement is the same as that shown in drawing 4.

Literature

D. Abramson, Money's architecture: The building of the Bank of England, 1731-1833, doctoral thesis for the Department of Fine Arts, Harvard University, 1993, p.408

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Drawing

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