[17] Presentation drawing for desks in the Pay Hall, May 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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Reference number

SM 10/7/8

Purpose

[17] Presentation drawing for desks in the Pay Hall, May 1810

Aspect

Plan of the Pay Hall shewing the different offices

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

as above, Drawing Office, Clearer's Office, Cashier's Desk, Bill Office, Public Desk, Bank Note Pay Office, Post Bill Office, Out-teller's Desk, In-teller's Desk (twice), Public Drawing Office, (pencil): 5 & 6 Pay Clerks, 4 Cashiers, Qy / Spare Room / for / in-tellers, Door, Bill off[ice], Strong Iron ---- (illegible, safe?), desk, Present bill office, Bill office, area as present, 41'9" Run of desks, Interior to ---- office / as approved by the / Committee, Run of desks ---- / 56 feet, Clearers, Present / 22:8 Run of desks, 22:2 ---, 30:8 Run of desks, ---- Area / 197:0 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

May 24 1810

Hand

Soane and Soane office

Watermark

Ruse & Turners 1805

Notes

This drawing shows the Pay Hall divided into several areas for public banking. Soane constantly had to make temporary office space for those displaced clerks whose offices were being repaired or rebuilt. The drawing may show such a temporary arrangement (the Bank Stock Office roof was repaired in 1810), but it is more probably a permanent layout of the desks in the Pay Hall, serving several public banking functions.

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Drawing

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