[28] Design for the attic of the south front

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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)
    - 1817-1833 Rebuilding of offices in the south-east and the façade, temporary office spaces and presentation drawings (221)
      - East, south and west façades, 1823-1828 (54)

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Reference number

SM 10/2/2

Purpose

[28] Design for the attic of the south front

Aspect

Plan and elevation

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

The Bank of England, Design for part of the Attic, South Front and dimensions given

Signed and dated

1823

Hand

Soane and Soane office

Notes

This drawing and SM 10/2/4 show a more elaborate attic design than that built. Free-standing fluted piers are aligned over the Corinthian columns on the ground level. Behind the piers is a wall consisting of additional piers connected by panels, with each panel having a narrow semicircular-headed window. At both ends of this attic, and aligned with the ends of the colonnade, is a segment of wall as in SM 10/2/4, with three narrow semicircular-headed windows. A similar panel design is part of the Princes Street entry (see Screen walls on Princes and Lothbury Streets scheme).

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Drawing

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