[57] Design for the ground floor of the new offices, approved, February 1812

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  - London: 90 Fleet Street, City of London: new banking house for William Praed, 1801 (59)
    - Designs for offices at the rear of the site, February 1812 (8)

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Reference number

SM 40/2/4

Purpose

[57] Design for the ground floor of the new offices, approved, February 1812

Aspect

Plan of the ground floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Mess^rs Praed & C^o, labelled: Part of the Banking House, Lobby, Waiting Room, Clerk's / Sitting Room, Lobby, Water / Closet, Passage to Clifford's Inn, (in Soane's hand) Settled 20 Ap^l 1812

Signed and dated

February 1812
Feb^y 1812

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pink washes, partly pricked for transfer within four ruled sepia and black wash border on wove paper (272 x 437)

Hand

Charles Tyrrell or Robert Chantrell

Notes

This is the approved design, being settled on 20 April 1812. It is similar to 'Design No 1' (drawing [54]) except that the clerk's sitting room has two windows and the arrangement of the lobby, water closet and staircase is different. Furthermore a staircase has been added to the building adjacent to Cliffords Inn Passage.

The date of 'February 1812' refers to when the drawing was delivered to Praed. The drawing was made in January 1812 by either Charles Tyrrell or Robert Chantrell.

Level

Drawing

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