Design for the new houses as executed, April 1808

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- Bank of England
  - London: New Bank Buildings, Princes Street, City of London, 1807-10 (115)

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Reference number

SM (41) 11/2/10

Purpose

Design for the new houses as executed, April 1808

Aspect

41 General Plan of Five Houses designed to be erected in Princes Street & Lothbury

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled: The Bank of England, N^o 2, N^o 3, N^o 4, N^o 5, Meeting House, M^r Wrights / Freehold and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

April 18 1808

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (475 x 680)

Hand

George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

Notes

Drawing 41 largely follows an earlier design made in September 1807 (drawing 23), with the addition of the extension to No. 5 and without the offices behind No. 1. The small room at the rear of No. 3 is shaped differently. This design shows the buildings as erected.

Level

Drawing

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