[61] Presentation drawing of an alternative design for the Waiting Room Court, August 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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SM 11/5/1

Purpose

[61] Presentation drawing of an alternative design for the Waiting Room Court, August 1803

Aspect

Perspective looking north-west

Inscribed

The Bank of England, (Bailey) View of a Design for the "Waiting Room Court"

Signed and dated

Augt 13 1803

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

J Whatman 1794

Notes

This drawing and SM 11/5/2 have the same design, only varying in the ornamentation at attic level. The north side of the Court has a colonnade of ten Ionic columns supporting an entablature and pediment. The basement consists of semicircular rusticated arches with rusticated pedestals mounted on the piers, clearly reminiscent of Soane's Triumphal Bridge design that won him the Royal Academy's Gold Medal in 1776 (see SM 12/5/1, SM 12/5/2 and SM 12/5/3). The bridge design featured seven semicircular rusticated arches with attached rusticated pedestals supporting trophies. The rest of the bridge, however, did not resemble the Waiting Room Court design. The bridge consisted of numerous and varied Corinthian porticos in antis rather than the single elongated Ionic colonnade shown in this drawing, SM 11/5/2 and SM 1/5/3.

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