[20] Working drawing for later south-east Transfer Office basement, 21 May 1818

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- Bank of England
  - Bank of England, City of London for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 1788-1834 (1356)
    - 1817-1833 Rebuilding of offices in the south-east and the façade, temporary office spaces and presentation drawings (221)
      - South and south-east Transfer Offices, 1817-23 (115)

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Reference number

SM volume 74/128

Purpose

[20] Working drawing for later south-east Transfer Office basement, 21 May 1818

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Scale

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Inscribed

Part of the Foundation in the / 4P^r C^tOffice, The Bank of England and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

21^st May 1818 / HB

Hand

H. Burges (pupil 1817-1820)

Notes

This drawing and SM volume 74/131 although dated later than SM volume 74/108 and SM volume 74/109, correspond to these foundation surveys and perhaps show Soane's final design for shoring up Taylor's foundations. The main difference appears to be two additional lengths of stone foundation between the main arches, which must have originally been the foundations supporting Taylor's columns on those lengths of the hall (Soane no longer required them).

Literature

D. Abramson, 'C.R. Cockerell's architectural progress of the Bank of England', Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, volume 37, 1994, p.125

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Drawing

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