[90] Record drawing for the west side, December 1799

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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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Reference number

SM 10/3/54

Purpose

[90] Record drawing for the west side, December 1799

Aspect

Sectional elevation and two sections of the wall, showing a design similar to SM volume 60/158 but with unfluted columns and antefixes added in pencil above the balustrade; (verso) rough pencil elevation of the west side of the Court, showing four columns raised on a free standing podium

Scale

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Inscribed

N^o 1, NB. All these dimensions may be taken from the / opposite side, B, C labelled with a note B.C. See N^o2 full size, The Bank, Elevation of the Screen Wall. West Side of the Lothbury Court, and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

Dec^r31^st 1799

Hand

Soane office

Notes

In this drawing the western wall of the Court is designed to mirror the east side. The arch, columns and blind windows are replicas of their functional counterparts on the opposite side of the Court. The only difference (aside from their non-fuctionality) is that the stair does not lead up into the 'portico' but down to a doorway below. The wall serves as nothing more than a partition between the Residence Court and Lothbury Court.

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