[15] Preliminary design for the north side of the Waiting Room Court, April 1803

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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)
      - First phase of north-west extension: Waiting Room Court, Accountants Office and Doric Vestibule, 1801-1804 (111)

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Reference number

SM volume 73/121

Purpose

[15] Preliminary design for the north side of the Waiting Room Court, April 1803

Aspect

Section showing the north side of the Court and part of the adjacent offices; and rough elevations of the colonnade

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

The Bank of England, section labelled (Soane): Bank Note Printing Office, Elevation, Cornice of Barrack, (pencil) Barrack Cornice, Present Drawg Office and some dimensions given in pen and pencil

Signed and dated

April 28. 1803

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

This drawing, SM volume 73/24, SM volume 73/23 and SM volume 75/65 show a preliminary design for the north side of the Waiting Room Court with a screen of ten small Ionic columns and a balustrade. This colonnade design corresponds with the plan in SM volume 73/12. The drawings show rustication on the basement storey, as executed, as well as the two rusticated pedestals mounted on the basement piers, also as executed in the final design.

SM volume 73/24, SM volume 73/23 and SM volume 75/65 show variations on a projecting attic feature. SM volume 73/23 and SM volume 75/65 show the same design as SM volume 73/24 but with sections of solid wall on either side of the colonnade. Both sections of wall have a niche on the principal level and a square-headed niche on the basement level. In SM volume 75/65, the balustrade is omitted and the niches cancelled, suggesting their removal.

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