Three working drawings and one record of working drawing for the later south-east Transfer Office, one dated 27 April 1818 (4)

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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 (31) volume 74/138 (32) volume 74/137 (33) volume 71/41 (34) volume 47/17

Purpose

Three working drawings and one record of working drawing for the later south-east Transfer Office, one dated 27 April 1818 (4)

Aspect

31-32 Cross-sections of the foundations 33 Plan, elevation and section for the foundations, pier and arch springing point 34 Cross-section for the foundations and pier bases

Scale

(31-32) bar scale

Inscribed

31 Section of the Foundations of the New 4 P^r Cent Office, The Bank of England and some dimensions given 32 Section of the Foundations of the New 4 P^r Cent Office, The Bank of Enland, (pencil) floor (three times), arch over floor, arch (twice), _ a _ _ & _ _ _ _ [illegible] and some dimensions given 33 Plan and Elevation of the Stone Springers and Transverse Section of the Foundation at the £4 per Cent office, Bank of England and some dimensions given 34 Transverse Section of the New £4 P. cent Office, on the line [blank] in the general plan, Bank of England, See also the parts at large, Old / Wall (four times), Old wall next / Bartholomew Lane, all the inverted arches spring at the same level and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

(33) C P_ 19^th May 1818. (34) April. 27^th. 1818.

Hand

(31-32, 34) Soane office (33) Charles Edward Papendick (1801-1835, pupil 1818-1824)

Notes

Drawings 31 and 32 seem to indicate the lines of force acting on the inverted foundation arches. Drawing 32 also shows some alterations to the depth of the side-aisle arches, suggesting that Soane altered the foundation arches (as the previous site record drawings also suggest).

Drawing 33 shows the side-aisle arch with a plan of the pier base (with a circular opening to carry the chimney flue in its centre). Iron ties are also shown, securing the masonry together.

Drawing 34 shows the cross-section counterpart to the longitudinal section shown in drawing 25. It shows the view of the side-aisle arches that drawings 28 to 29 represent.

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Drawing

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