Martin's Bank, 68 Lombard Street, City of London, 1791-2

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
- Some work in the City of London (11)
  - Martin's Bank, 68 Lombard Street, City of London, 1791-2 (5). Design and revised design, neither as executed, for new premises for Martin, Stone & Foote

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Reference number

SM D3/10/5

Purpose

Martin's Bank, 68 Lombard Street, City of London, 1791-2

Aspect

[1] Plans of ground and first floors

Scale

4/5 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

M^r Blackford's / Window, (verso) Martyn & C(cut), Martin & C^o and (Dance) Mes^rs Martin & C

Signed and dated

1791-2

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink and grey washes, pencil, partly pricked for transfer on thin buff laid paper, two pieces joined (700 x 1105)

Hand

Dance

Notes

Conventionally a pink wash is used to indicate new work while a sepia wash shows existing construction. Confusingly, Dance used pink wash to indicate the ground floor and sepia wash for the party walls and for the first floor of his design. This shows Change Alley in the second bay from the right with access via, an elliptical stair, to the domestic upper floors of the right-hand (east) bay. Another stair allows access from the front door to the banking hall which is a single space of about 44 by 15 feet.

A survey plan of October 1791 signed 'J.H.' (Barclays Bank Group Archives, Acc 9/1007) shows Messrs Martin & Co's premises in Lombard Street separated from Mrs Corrall's premises 'now Messrs Martin & Co' and also in Lombard Street by Change Alley. The survey shows that a major problem in designing the building was allowing public access through the 7 feet 9¼ inches wide Change (or Exchange) Alley.

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