[33] Working drawing for lantern piers

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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)
        Preliminary designs and working drawings for lantern, c. 1792-93 (5)

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Reference number

SM volume 74/44

Purpose

[33] Working drawing for lantern piers

Aspect

Elevation and section for lantern pier and roof junction

Scale

full size

Inscribed

as above, The Bank of Engand, Bank Stock Office / One of the Piers of Lantern light / (Full Size), ft:in / Extreme diameter of the Stone Kirb 29:6 / 2) 10 ¾ equals 1 2 ½ / Diameter on the Centre of the Iron Kirb 27: 8½ and (verso) Part of the Bank Stock / Office Roof

Signed and dated

datable to 1792-93

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, pale red ink, sepia, olive green, burnt sienna and yellow ochre washes on wove paper with three fold marks (645 x 523)

Hand

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

Notes

This drawing shows the junction of the lantern pier and the roof, also at full-size, concentrating particularly on the way the edge of the pitched roof is anchored and bolted into the projecting cornice of the pier by a five-inch pin. This joint is shown at a smaller scale in SM volume 74/45. The drawing shows one of the wide faces of the octagonal piers ornamented as a pilaster strip, as executed.

As executed, the piers omitted the curved base beneath the shaft and in between the pedestals was placed a continuous sill (see SM volume 74/49).

Level

Drawing

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