[28] Design for corner tie-rods at roof level, as executed

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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)
    - 1791-1801 Rebuilding of offices in the east wing and north-east extension (431)
      - Bank Stock Office, 1791-1793 (73)
        Design of roof and vaulting, as executed, c. 1792-93 (4)

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Reference number

SM volume 74/33

Purpose

[28] Design for corner tie-rods at roof level, as executed

Aspect

Half Plan on the Line I K to the 4 Sections and Plan on the Line L M to the 4 Sections (at two levels)

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Bank Stock Office, N^o. 36 (four times), N^o. 37 (five times), N^o. 39 (six times), F, dimensions given

Signed and dated

datable to 1792-93

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, pale red ink, sepia and yellow ochre washes on wove paper with two fold marks (523 x 648)

Hand

attributed to William Lodder (assistant 1789-?) or Charles Ebdon (assistant 1791-1792)

Notes

The drawing is one of a set of related drawings together SM volume 74/29, SM volume 74/21, SM volume 74/37, SM 1/4/6 and SM volume 74/34. The split-plan reveals Soane's use of iron-tie rods, in sepia wash, to brace the four corner bays at roof level. The lines of the two plans are keyed to the longitudinal sections in SM volume 74/29 and SM volume 74/21, where the tie rods are indicated in blue wash.

At the top of the drawing, the plan runs through a stone course just below the four large impost blocks buttressing the central and clerestory arches. The tie rods help brace the lateral force of these arches by tying together the tops of the corner bays' four piers and also binding the lintels running between them. At the bottom of the drawing, the plan has been taken at a slightly higher line, at the top of the four large impost blocks. Here the tie rods are set directly into the blocks, bracing them against the thrust of the upper arches. However, the tie rods at this level run along only three sides of the corner bays, omitting the inner face through the clerestory lunettes. In the corner of the bays' roofs appear to be drains that may be connected to the piping depicted in SM volume 74/29, SM volume 74/21 and SM volume 74/37, running across the upper zone of the hall's long east and west walls. Numbers inscribed in the vaulting and the framing lintels of each of the bays (N^o. 36 and 39) may refer to types of bricks or blocks.

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