Designs showing the Corporation of London's 1802 planning proposals, 1826 and 1834 (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)
    - 1817-1833 Rebuilding of offices in the south-east and the façade, temporary office spaces and presentation drawings (219)
      - Improvements to streets, 1825-1829 (18)

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Reference number

SM (15) 9/1/3 (16) 9/1/5

Purpose

Designs showing the Corporation of London's 1802 planning proposals, 1826 and 1834 (2)

Aspect

15 Ground plan of the Bank and surrounding streets 16 Ground plan of the north-west corner of the Bank

Scale

(15-16) bar scale

Inscribed

15 Cateaton St, Old Jewry, (capitals) The Poultry, S^tMild, Poultry / Compter, Grocers Hall, Meeting, (capitals) Coleman Street, Great Swan Alley, Great Bell Alley, Kings Arms Yard, Princes Street, (capitals) Lothbury, Mansion House, Bank Buildings, (capitals) Royal / Exchange, (capitals) Corn hill, Bartholomew Lane, New Street 16 Princes Street, Lothbury, (capitals) New Street, Coleman Street, Kings Arms Yard, (pencil) part of enclosure / proposed to be / given up to / the Public

Signed and dated

(15) July 4^th 1826 (16) Office of Works / Guildhall / 1834

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

(16) J Whatman 1834

Notes

Drawings 15 and 16 show the proposed City re-planning to the north-west, with the future Moorgate Street (not built until the 1830s, see scheme 3:3) to the north-west, parallel with Coleman Street. The 'New Street' on the upper-right hand side of drawing 15 was also proposed in the City planning of 1802, but never executed. Drawing 15 shows Bartholomew Lane widened and the southern entrance to Princes Street widened as well.

The pencil inscription on drawing 16 refers to the proposed railing at the north-west corner, encircling Tivoli Corner.

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Drawing

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