Variant designs for the south and east fronts, 19-23 July 1823 (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)
      - East, south and west façades, 1823-1828 (54)

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Reference number

SM (5) 10/1/21 (6) 10/1/22 (7) 10/1/23

Purpose

Variant designs for the south and east fronts, 19-23 July 1823 (3)

Aspect

5 Wall plan 6 Part-wall plan 7 Wall plan

Scale

(5,7) bar scale (6) to a scale

Inscribed

5 The Bank of England, Design for rebuilding part of the South and East Fronts 1823, (pencil, Soane) Lanthern / new office, and dimensions given in pen and pencil 6 (Soane) New Office, dimensions and calculations given 7 The Bank of England, Plan of the South East Angle &c as designed, Threadneedle Street, S^tBartholomew's Lane and dimensions given

Signed and dated

(5) Bank 22 July 1823 (6) Bank 23 July 1823 (7) Bank 19 July 1823

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

Drawings 5 to 7 show variant designs for the Threadneedle Street front. Drawing 5 shows a thinner wall that is only lightly adorned with blind windows and a colonnade framed by narrow projections. In drawings 6 and 7, the columns are recessed in a thicker, more variegated wall. Drawing 7 has only four columns.

Drawings 5 and 6 have inscriptions in Soane's hand that indicate aligning the lantern of the new transfer office with the blind portico on the exterior wall. Drawing 6 succeeds in aligning the lantern with the centre of the colonnade; the same positioning has been transferred to drawing 7. The south-east corner of the Bank is adjacent to the newly built top-lit transfer halls (see separate scheme 5:1).

Level

Drawing

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