[96] Design for the floors above the Princes Street Vestibule, copied 4 October 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 volume 9/4/35

Purpose

[96] Design for the floors above the Princes Street Vestibule, copied 4 October 1803

Aspect

Plan of the third floor

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

The Bank of England, Plan of the upper part, shewing / the flat Roofing &c., A. Opening seen from below, plan labelled (Soane): Court, door (twice), Stone Landing, Projection of Cornice, Court, block^g, Flat over Passage, Blocking, Flat over Recess / at the / end of Acc^ts office, Blocking Cornice, Flat over / the / lower po-- (illegible) / of the / Vestibule, Qy large / window, door, Qy (twice), The upper part of the / Vestibule, A, Stone Landing, Court, door (twice) and dimensions given

Signed and dated

(Copy) L.I.F. Oct^r4: 1803

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

This drawing shows the top floor of the building, level with the stone walkways behind the parapet of the screen wall. Doors lead from the stair out on to the stone landings overlooking Princes Street and the Waiting Room Court (shown in blue wash). The upper parts of the Doric Vestibule and Accountants Office are shown. An 'Opening seen from below' is above the domed interior of the Doric Vestibule.

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