One site progress drawing and a site record drawing, 18-30 July 1816 (2)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Bank of England, City of London for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 1788-1834 (1352)
    - 1814-1816 Rebuilding of existing offices and proposals for rebuilding street fronts (118)
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Reference number

SM (4) volume 46/17 (5) volume 46/19

Purpose

One site progress drawing and a site record drawing, 18-30 July 1816 (2)

Aspect

4 Perspective showing The South-West Angle during construction 5 Two plans, section, detail and two perspectives

Inscribed

5 Plan of the stone marked C in the plan preceeding, Plan of the stone D, Grooves, The Stone / marked D in / the preceeding / Plan, 1½ deep (twice), 1¾ deep, ½ deep and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

(4) July 18^th. 1816 (5) July 30^th. 1816.

Hand

Soane office

Notes

Drawings 4 shows the initial stage of the construction of the upper office - laying the new stone blocks on top of the existing ground floor wall. A temporary roof is shown, made from wood scaffoling poles draped with a canvas sheet. The housing seen beyond the balustrade must be that in Princes Street (on the west), which gives the orientation of the perspective.

Drawing 5 must also be a record of site construction, in the same sketch book, showing the same stone foundation wall, with grooves that would presumably have been filled with lead to fix them securely to the adjoining stonework.

The lower perspective of grooved stone-work corresponds to that shown in drawing 4. The details shown in plan and elevation correspond to the main perspective - the upper left indicates the perpendicular grooved masonry block, labelled D on the lower perspective (as does the 'Plan of the stone D'. The plan and section labelled 'AB' both correspond to the central groove labelled 'AB' on the main perspective. The right-hand plan however, shows the segment of wall between two arched windows on the east side of the office, with a pilaster projecting. All of the plans, sections and perspectives correspond to stonework labelled on drawing 3.

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