Working drawing for the later south Transfer Office, 8 February 1822

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  - 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 (101) volume 71/48

Purpose

Working drawing for the later south Transfer Office, 8 February 1822

Aspect

101 Cross-section and further section details for the foundation arches

Inscribed

Sections of arches / at the West side, new Office at the Bank and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

8^th: Feb^y / 1822

Hand

Soane office

Notes

Drawing 101 shows a section through the old foundation arches (probably in the later south Transfer Office given the date). At the top is a cross-section, showing the arches under the side-aisles and the wide central arch. The ground-floor piers were positioned directly over the middle two foundation-bases.

The arches in between the foundation pier bases acted in a similar fashion and in conjunction with the inverted arches, taking the weight of the pier above and directing it sideways onto the keystones and the outer walls, not just down onto the shallow foundations.

The different hatching marking parts of the arches and details probably indicate different building materials added by Soane to strengthen the foundations (specifically next to side-aisle foundation arches as that would be where most of the weight from the pier above would be directed.

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