[57] Working drawing for preliminary alternative design of the stove, in Soane's hand, November 1799

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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)
      - Consols Transfer Office, 1797-1799 (75)

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SM 10/8/13

Purpose

[57] Working drawing for preliminary alternative design of the stove, in Soane's hand, November 1799

Aspect

Sketch of a Design for a Stove / for the Consols Transfer Office, with pediment, antefix, sinkings and paterae, and rough elevation of pilaster

Scale

to scale

Inscribed

as above, The Bank of England, calculations and dimensions given

Signed and dated

For Bank / Nov. 28. 99

Hand

Soane

Notes

The facts of the heating system for the Consols Transfer Office are difficult to ascertain. There may have been a firebox in the cellar below the hall producing warm air channeled into the stoves at the base of the piers above, as seen in the Bank Stock Office designs. The warm air would then leave the hall via the chimney flues in the piers. Additionally or alternatively, the stoves may also have been working fireplaces, holding a bed of hot coals in a raised grate.

The stoves as executed were of a much simpler design than this preliminary drawing. The presentation drawings SM volume 74/93, SM volume 60/8, SM volume 60/9, SM volume 60/49, SM volume 60/64, SM volume 60/136, SM volume 60/137, SM volume 75/93, SM 11/4/3 show a cylindrical structure with a flat top resting on a semicircular base, with sinkings diagonally around the stove and a rectangular vent.

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