[49] Design for the north side of the Waiting Room Court, July 1803

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - 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 73/30

Purpose

[49] Design for the north side of the Waiting Room Court, July 1803

Aspect

Section showing part of the north side of the Waiting Room Court and adjacent west wall

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

face of wall and dimensions given

Signed and dated

July 31: 1803

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing, SM volume 73/26 and SM volume 72/35 show a segment of solid wall at both ends, thereby limiting the colonnade and rustication to the centre of the wall. Such a discontinuation correlates well with the other sides of the Court, which also each include an isolated rusticated feature surmounted by columns. The treatment of this peripheral wall varies in the three drawings, as does the ornamentation at the roofline: SM volume 73/26 shows a parapet with pilasters and antefixes; this drawing shows the parapet reduced; and SM volume 72/35 shows a pitched roof line. SM volume 73/26 shows the addition, in Soane's hand, of a fret blocking above the arches in the basement as well as rusticated pedestals mounted on the piers. These two elements are included in this drawing and SM volume 72/35, as well as the executed design.

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