Design for a counting house for Thellusson, Nephew & Co. (house No. 2), February 1810

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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 (71) 38/4/3

Purpose

Design for a counting house for Thellusson, Nephew & Co. (house No. 2), February 1810

Aspect

71 Ground floor plan

Scale

to a scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

labelled: A, B, C, D (twice), E (3 times), F (twice), G, H (4 times), I (twice), K (twice), L, a (4 times), b (4 times), c (twice), d (4 times), e (twice), g (twice), h (twice), i (4 times), j (4 times), k (4 times), m (4 times), n (4 times), o (4 times), r (4 times), s (twice), A Strong Room 8 feet by 5 / B Clerks Water Closet / C Entrance which forms part of / the accompting house 4 feet wide / D & D Two Seats for Two Jun^r Clerks / E 4 Seats for Upper Clerks / F 2 or 3 Seats for Partners / G may be left open or enclose'd as a private Room / H & H for letters presses drawers & ^{^day} books, from s to s is 21 feet & k to k is 11 feet, A a to a 5 feet / b to b 8 feet / c to c 3 feet, C d d 4 feet / e e 8 feet, D f to f 5 f^t, E g to g 22 feet / h to h 25½ to 26 feet, F i to i 12½ feet, G j to j 9 feet / k to k 11 feet, I m to m 22 feet / n to n 25 feet / o to o 5 feet / r to r 13 feet, K The Court Yard is 20 feet long by 14 feet wide, L where another window may opend (sic) if wanted, (pencil) The Lines in Pencil leave the Bow without alterations only / Bringing the doorway to the edge instead of the Centre ^{^of 3 feet wide} & the / other lines in Pencil give a Water Closet of 5 feet Square for / the use of the House which of course may be made longer / but not wider with a high window in the Dock Yard

Signed and dated

Rec^d from / M^r Thelusson / 14^th Feb 1810

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen and pencil on laid paper with three fold marks (248 x 399)

Hand

the office of Messrs Thellusson, Nephew & Co.

Watermark

post horn within crowned cartouche and below, 1808

Notes

The firm of Messrs Thellusson, Nephew & Co. occupied house No. 2 in the new bank buildings after relinquishing their reservation of No. 3. Soane had previously made designs and alterations for three members of the Thellusson family; for Peter Isaac at 15 Philpot Lane (1792), for Charles in Fenchurch Street (1792) and for George Woodford at Wall Hall, Hertfordshire (1800, unexecuted). All three were sons of Peter Thellusson (1737-97), an Anglo-French banker and businessman who served as a director of the Bank of England (as did Peter Isaac). It was George who, in partnership with his nephew, also George, and William Mitchell moved the firm into the new premises in Princes Street.

This design, received by Soane on 14 February 1810, shows Thellusson's proposal for extending the rear of No. 2 to create a new counting house. Soane's original design (drawing 67), however, was executed.

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Drawing

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