[62] Study for crossing with column-flue and stove

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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)
        George Dance's studies, c. November 1791-February 1792 (16)

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Reference number

SM archive 14/80/5

Purpose

[62] Study for crossing with column-flue and stove

Aspect

Rough upward perspective and section and (verso) rough plans and section with dimensions given

Inscribed

(verso) some dimensions given including 63.0, 45.0, 25.0

Signed and dated

datable to 11 December 1791

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen, pencil and hatching on laid secretary paper with three fold marks (321 x 199)

Hand

George Dance (1741-1825)

Watermark

crowned GR, and part of W

Notes

The column-flue relates to the triple-lantern scheme studies of SM archive 14/80/2 and SM archive 14/80/3. The study is close to the preliminary designs Soane submitted to the Bank's directors on 24 November and 6 December 1791 (SM volume 74/1, SM volume 60/7, SM volume 74/18 and Bank of England Museum drawings M39 i-iv).

The column-flue shown here is decorated in two parts: an ornate lower stage and a spiraling upper stage. The capital sprouts into a radial vault supporting the lantern roof. The dome's pendentives are fluted, with scalloped archivolts, and there are square panels, sketched in at the base of the soffit (as eventually realised).

On the verso are four studies exploring alternatives for planning and vaulting the hall, similar to SM archive 14/80/2 and SM archive 14/80/3. At the top, a five-bay hall features clerestory lunettes (similar to those eventually realised). The centre plan shows a hall divided into two bays with twin crossing-vaultings or domes (similar to Soane's preliminary twin-dome scheme of SM volume 74/2). The bottom plan includes marked dimensions and shows a rectangular central area (demarcated perhaps by counters) and a lightly penciled dome at one end. A final plan, on the drawing's bottom right, shows a cross-vaulted central area. As with SM volume 60/165, SM archive 14/80/2 and SM archive 14/80/3, the existing foundations are not taken into account in any of the studies.

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Drawing

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