[62] Variant design for a screen on the west side

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

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SM volume 60/156

Purpose

[62] Variant design for a screen on the west side

Aspect

Perspective looking east from the Residence Court showing a screen of four raised Corinthian columns on a base with four semicircular-arched entrances or windows; Lothbury Court has projecting corners at the attic level

Hand

Soane office

Notes

In this drawing and in SM 12/3/14, the east and west sides of Lothbury Court contain four raised Corinthian columns. This arrangement of facing 'porticos' would persist in all future designs for the Court and eventually materialise in the executed design. Access through the western side, however, was still under consideration for several years. Variant designs for the west wall continued to be executed until early 1800.

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