[64] Study for four-bay scheme with clerestory lunettes, 11 December 1791

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Reference number

SM archive 14/80/1

Purpose

[64] Study for four-bay scheme with clerestory lunettes, 11 December 1791

Aspect

Rough plan, transverse section looking north, interior perspective looking north and details, with dimensions given

Scale

1/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

G, (Soane, pencil) Rec^d at Barnet, calculations and dimensions given

Signed and dated

(Soane, pencil) Dec^r 11, 1791

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen, hatching on laid secretary paper with four fold marks (204 x 320)

Hand

George Dance (1741-1825)

Watermark

Britannia with spear, shield and olive brach in crowned roundel and a bell below, and part of W

Notes

This study is for a four-bay, basilican scheme with a cross-vaulted nave, barrel-vaulted side aisles separated from the nave by counters and interlinked by archways, and clerestory semi-circular lunettes along three sides. The scheme reuses Taylor's existing foundations, as the dimensions in the plan show, placing new piers at every other existing column (see SM volume 74/1) to make three main bays plus a half-bay with a stove at the north end.

The inscriptions in Soane's hand on the drawing indicate that he received it in Barnet, north of London, on Sunday 11 December 1791, during the five-day period from 8 to 12 December the Day Book records his absence from home.

Literature

D. Abramson, Building the Bank of England: money, architecture, society 1694-1942, 2005, p. 105
M. Richardson & M. Stevens (ed.), John Soane architect: master of space and light, Royal Academy of Arts, 1999, p. 226, cat. 124

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Drawing

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