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Reference number

SM 9/2/17

Purpose

[108] Survey of the existing Bank, April-May 1803

Aspect

Plan

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

Princes Street, Reduced Annuity / Office, Officers / Room, Barracks, Servants / Room, Bed / Room, Court, Engine House, The / Committee / Room, The Deputy / Governor's / Room, Pay Office, The Garden / Court, The Court Room, The / Governor's / Room, The Discount / Office, Store / Keeper's, Store / Keeper, Cash Book,The / Accountants Office, Lobby, The Coffee / Room, Court, The Deputy / Accountant's / Office, The Deputy / Accountant's / Parlor, The / Deputy Accountants / Eating Room, Threadneedle Street, The Paved Court, The Pay Hall, Mr Newland's Office, The Bullion Court, The Secretary's Office, The / Accountants Office, Accountant, Ledger, The Accountants Court, Parlor, The Accountant / General's / Eating Room, Strong Room, Vestibule, The Treasury, The Bullion Office, The Entrance / To the / Bullion Court, The Interior / Office, Lothbury Court, Porters / Lodge, Gateway, Lothbury, Accountant's / General / of the / High Court / of Chancery, Consols Office, The Rotunda, The Three per cent Consols / Dividend Office, The Three per cent Consols / Transfer Office, Vestibule, Court, The Library, Consols Office, Vestibule, The Bank Stock / Office, Court, Saint Bartholomew's Lane, The Bank of England (Bailey) General plan in the year (pencil) 1802

Signed and dated

  • datable to April-May 1803

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing shows the Bank prior to the north-west extension.

Level

Drawing

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