[16] Presentation drawing for desks in the Pay Hall, January 1810

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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)
    - 1799-1810 Expansions north-west and rebuilding of existing offices (487)
      - Front Court and Pay Hall, 1799-1801 and 1806-1810 (24)

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SM 10/7/7

Purpose

[16] Presentation drawing for desks in the Pay Hall, January 1810

Aspect

Ground floor plan

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

Bank of England, Pay Hall, Lobby to Court Room, and (Soane): Presented to the Committee / Jan: 1810, Bullion Court, 6 pay clerks now five, 4 Cashiers for paying notes / & inspectors behind, (pencil) Stair, Solid, Bill office, Bill clerks, Lobby / to / Treas[ury] and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

as above, January 1810

Hand

Soane and Soane office

Notes

This drawing was presented to the Building Committee in January 1810. Desks were added in the office directly north of the Pay Hall, with a stair enclosed by a partition on the east side of the office (right-hand side of drawing) and a spiral stair on the west corner of the office. A lobby to the Treasury (right-hand side of drawing) is included in the proposed alterations. The spiral stair was built.

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Drawing

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