[2] Presentation drawing of the existing offices and the proposed alterations, March 1807

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Reference number

SM 9/4/45

Purpose

[2] Presentation drawing of the existing offices and the proposed alterations, March 1807

Aspect

Ground floor plan

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

The Bank of England, Submitted to the Committee / March 26^th 1807 and plan labelled: Accountant General's / Room, Court (three times), Deputy Governor's Room, Governor's Room, Discount Office, Coffee Room, Passage (twice), Lobby (three times), Strong Room, Waiting Room (three times), Secretary, Water Closet (twice), Barrack Court, Officer's Room, Bed Room, Servant's Room, Committee Room, Court Room, Garden Court

Signed and dated

March 1807

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

J Whatman 1801

Notes

This drawing and SM 9/4/44 were submitted to the Building Committee on 26 March 1807. This drawing shows the existing offices, with the former Princes Street screen wall partly intact while. In SM 9/4/44, the wall has been removed and three Committee Rooms are placed at the south side of the Waiting Room Court. A long corridor with three lobbies runs from east to west, with the Governor and Deputy Governor's Rooms overlooking the long courtyard on the west side.

See SM 9/2/7 for a similar design within the Bank's general plan.

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Drawing

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