[12] Variant design for the vaults west of the Bullion Court, 1830

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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)
      - Vaults beneath the Directors' offices and Pay Hall, 1805-1808, 1824 and 1830 (14)

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Reference number

SM 10/6/3

Purpose

[12] Variant design for the vaults west of the Bullion Court, 1830

Aspect

Plan of the Bullion Office, and transfer offices and Pay Hall basements

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

The Bank of England, Plan of part of the Basement Story, Bullion Office, Bullion Office / Court, (pencil) 350 (twice), 1250, 1135, 600, (Soane) Present Bullion Office 1950 Sup[erficia]l feet / add^l proposed 1730 d[itto]

Signed and dated

9 September 1830

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

In this drawing, communications have been made between the Bullion Office and the adjacent basements, providing much more space for the Bullion cellars. SM 10/6/1 and SM 10/6/2 show the vaults before the partitions are removed.

The drawing shows water closets in the the Consols Transfer Office basement which would have been accessed from a stair inside the vestibule on the west side of Lothbury Court.

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Drawing

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