[19] Designs for north wall and side-aisle arches

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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 and realised lantern dome designs (longitudinal and transverse sections), c. 1792 (7)

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Reference number

SM volume 74/11

Purpose

[19] Designs for north wall and side-aisle arches

Aspect

(verso) Transverse Section looking north with doorway in north wall and (verso, pencil) rough sketches for an arch structure, a pier base and an alternative wall elevation

Scale

bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Bank of England, Section of the Bank Stock Office, (pencil) Make these panels like the other side, (pencil) calculation and some dimensions for the door given

Signed and dated

datable to 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, pale red ink, sepia, brown madder and pale blue washes, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper with three fold marks (520 x 662)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing shows the dimensions, structure and decoration more or less as built, including the banded rustication surmounted by panels, counters, grilles, a corner cupboard for storing ledgers and other Bank books, and the iron and glass lantern. However, the shaded doorway was not cut through this north wall, but in the opposite south wall leading to the Rotunda. The dimensions of the wall panels are also not exactly as executed.

There are some sketches on the drawing, presumably by Soane, including a blocking course above the right bay, and on the bottom of the sheet a foundation arcade and a pattern for the soffit of one of the lateral arches.

Level

Drawing

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