[52] Working drawing for passage on the east side of the Court, March 1798 and revised August 1798

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- 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)
      - Lothbury Court and surrounding offices, 1797-1801 (109)

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SM 10/3/43

Purpose

[52] Working drawing for passage on the east side of the Court, March 1798 and revised August 1798

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Inscribed

The Bank of England, Section of Portico &c East side of the Lothbury Court, dimensions given, (Soane, red pen) Aug^st10^th 1798 28:6 ¾, Aug^st 13^th 1798 / 14:4, Aug^st 13^th 1798 / 7:4, 6¾, 1:4, 7¼, 10:4¾; (verso) Elevation of the stone / work in the Corridor

Signed and dated

March 1798

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

This drawing has three fold marks and a label on the verso, indicating that it was brought to the site as a working drawing 'for the stone work' on the east side of Lothbury Court. The east side of the Court, including the Library and the entrance to the Consols Transfer Office was evidently under construction in late summer 1798.

The passage was a pedestrian corridor into the Bank from Lothbury. The door on Lothbury can be seen in some of the elevations of the finished wall (see SM volume 60/202). It is unclear, however, how long this passage was open to the street, as drawings of the Bank from 1803 include the corridor (SM 9/2/16) but a general plan from 1805 (SM 9/2/8) shows it closed off.

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