[27] Design for a four-columned portico, showing alternative podiums and columniation at the corners, September 1804

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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)
      - Tivoli Corner 1803-1805 (61)

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Reference number

SM 1/6/20

Purpose

[27] Design for a four-columned portico, showing alternative podiums and columniation at the corners, September 1804

Aspect

Ground floor plan; (verso) full size details of the (Soane) Cornice to Pedestal and Base to Pedestal

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

The Bank of England, Design for the North West Corner; (verso) as above, Take this

Signed and dated

October 1804 (verso) Sepr 24 1804

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

The four-columned portico is aligned in front of paired columns in antis, with an open chamber having ends on semi-circular plans. As in SM 1/6/1, SM 1/6/5 and SM 1/6/8, this drawing shows a four-columned portico projecting in front of paired columns in antis, but the design omits those columns set at an angle to the main face. The podium is fronted by a stair on a concentric segmental plan. Small windows face towards the rear, suggesting that the plan could be for an upper storey (as shown in the upper storey of previous designs, see SM volume 73/123 and SM volume 73/109). The portico is between segments of wall set at an angle to the main face, altered in Soane's hand to be squared-off.

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