[35] Preliminary wall designs, with studies in Soane's hand

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Bank of England
  - Bank of England, City of London for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 1788-1834 (1356)
    - 1791-1801 Rebuilding of offices in the east wing and north-east extension (431)
      - Bank Stock Office, 1791-1793 (73)
        Preliminary wall elevations and working drawings for wall piers and side-aisle arches, c. February to March 1792 (7)

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Reference number

SM volume 74/6

Purpose

[35] Preliminary wall designs, with studies in Soane's hand

Aspect

Plan and Sections of Bank Stock Office and laid-out wall elevations

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

as above, The Bank of England, dimensions given and (verso) Plan and Section of / alteration to Bank Stock Office

Signed and dated

datable to February-March 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and pale red ink, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper with three fold marks (525 x 665)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing and SM volume 74/7 may be two of the drawings made in late February 1792 by Chawner or Meyer (Day Book) when the design for the hall was being finalised. They are a pair showing the hall's plan as executed with its four central piers and twelve half-piers on the perimeter. On this drawing are some pencil sketches by Soane for the realised tripartite fluting on the faces of the piers and responds, and a small circle inscribed within a larger square in the centre of the plan indicating the realised stove and its base.

The laid-out elevations for the south and east walls in this drawing, and north and west walls in SM volume 74/7, are only preliminary, showing blocked rustication rather than the realised banded rustication surmounted by moulded panels. SM volume 74/7 shows only a single door along the west wall leading to the adjacent Four Per Cent Office, and not the second blank door added for symmetry. On the wall elevations of this drawing are rough indications of the eventually realised clerestory lunettes and semi-circular arches in the corner bays.

The inverted arches of the existing and maintained cellar foundations are shown in the east elevation here (see also SM volume 74/29).

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Drawing

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