Site record drawings for the later south or south-east Transfer Office, c.1818 (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 (62) volume 47/36 (63) volume 47/32 (64) volume 47/35

Purpose

Site record drawings for the later south or south-east Transfer Office, c.1818 (3)

Aspect

62 Very rough detail 63 Plan and section of an access hatch in the barrel vault 64 Plan of the barrel vault timbers with an access hatch

Inscribed

62 3.1 - from the Old / Wall - to front of Col[umn] 63-64 some dimensions given

Hand

Soane office

Notes

Drawing 62 is for an unidentified detail.

Drawings 63 and 64 show a square aperture set into the apex of the arch of the side-bay barrel vault (which can also be seen on the far right of drawing 70). This must have been an entry hatch for the workmen to access the roof. The topmost central point of the barrel-vault was the only position that an opening could be made (practically and structurally), as it acted in the position of a key stone. Once the other side vaults were completed, this would have been the only point at which it would be practical to erect scaffolding for the workmen to climb up (the central oculus was higher). Building materials must have been winched up through the central opening however. The later preliminary presentation drawings (drawings 84 and 85) do not show this opening, suggesting it was then filled in and plastered over, when work on the roof was complete.

As they are undated, drawings 62 to 64 could be of either the later south or south-east Transfer Office.

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