[6] Design for alterations and additions to the first, second and third floors and to the back elevation, 1828

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- Bank of England
  - The Bank of England Branch Banks, 1826-1831 (353)
    - Gloucester: Bank of England branch, Northgate Street: survey and designs for alterations and additions, with adjacent cottages in St John's Lane, 1828 (15)

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Reference number

SM 56/9/3

Purpose

[6] Design for alterations and additions to the first, second and third floors and to the back elevation, 1828

Aspect

Plan of One Pair Floor

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

As above, Gloucester Branch, rooms labelled Drawing Room, Chamber, Dining Room, Store Closet, 3 heights of Shelves and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

December 1828

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink and sepia washes, pricked for transfer on thin wove paper (720 x 402)

Hand

George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

Notes

The site measures about 105 feet from back to front and 41 feet 6 inches at its widest. The building seen here (outlined in sepia wash) is a three-storey building with a single-storey extension that housed part of the bank: the agent's room, strong room and back office.

The proposed new work (of 1828) for the bank itself includes increasing its security and thus the schedule of doors and their locks as well as a bed for the porter. The proposed extension to the building was to provide domestic accommodation for the 'agent' or bank manager. Hence the dining room and bedroom added to this first floor plan with more bedrooms on the upper floor.

The original building on this site was presumably the 'Old Dwelling House' to the rear inscribed thus on drawing 1 (SM 56/9/13).

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