Design for altering the Pay Hall and adjacent offices, January 1807 (3)

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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)
    - 1799-1810 Expansions north-west and rebuilding of existing offices (487)
      - Front Court and Pay Hall, 1799-1801 and 1806-1810 (24)

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Reference number

SM (14) 9/4/42

Purpose

Design for altering the Pay Hall and adjacent offices, January 1807 (3)

Aspect

14 Design No 1 / Principal Story

Scale

(14) bar scale

Inscribed

14 as above, The Plan of the principal story, The Bank of England, Bullion Court, Upper part / of Bullion / Office, Discount Office, Coffee Room, Vestibule, Court Room, Lobby, Desk (twice), For the Public, Treasury (twice), Pay Hall, Partition 7'6" high, Solicitor, Wills & Powers, Passage (four times), Rotunda and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

(14) Lincolns Inn Fields Jan^ry14 1807

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

(14) J Ruse 1800

Notes

Drawing 14, as with drawings 6 to 13, is a variant design for altering offices near the Bank's entrance, including the Front Court, the south transfer office and the Rotunda vestibule. See drawings 7 and 8 in phase 3:14 for basement plans that correspond with drawing 14.

In December 1806 it was reported to Soane that the Bank needed more space for the Will and Powers Office, which has been included on drawing 14.

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Drawing

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