Survey of Taylor's south Transfer Office, c.1820

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- 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 (91) volume 74/127

Purpose

Survey of Taylor's south Transfer Office, c.1820

Aspect

91 Plan and laid out wall elevations

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

Plan and Sections of the Foundation Walls / of the 4 Per Cent Office as they were found / on the rebuilding of the Office in 1820, The Bank of England

Signed and dated

1820

Hand

Soane office

Notes

The inscription to drawing 91 refers to the rebuilding of the office in 1820. The drawing shows the ground floor plan and surrounding arches (laid out on all four sides), with the positions of Taylor's wooden columns in place, which is almost identical to Taylor's south-east Transfer Office in plan (see also drawings 8 and 9). However, the irregular longitudinal lines of the floor plan suggest that it is in fact Taylor's south Transfer Office, as the wall-line bordering Threadneedle Street was askew in this way (see overall plan).

The inscription confirms that that office was pulled down at a later date than the south-east Transfer Office, as late as 1820 (though some designs may have been made earlier).

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