[2] Early design for a wall on Lothbury Street

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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)
      - Lothbury and Bartholomew Lane screen walls, 1794-1797 (66)

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SM 10/1/32

Purpose

[2] Early design for a wall on Lothbury Street

Aspect

North elevation, and two part-elevations from the west and east, showing a wall with blind Tivoli windows, raised blind Corinthian porticos in antis at both corners and flanking either side of the entrance; Britannia statues surmount the attics at both corners and the centre bay, with a bucrania and festoon frieze and a serpent coiled around the latter; (verso) plan of a curving corner, north elevation as on the recto, but with lion sculptures and a wider gatehouse, plan of a 'portico' in antis, detail of archivolt and unrelated sketch of a figure

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

App'd by Com^ee and some dimensions given

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing and SM volume 60/166 are preliminary designs, showing a monumental and fortress-like barrier. This drawing shows the influence of the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli, modeled in the bucrania frieze and the orders. The Temple of Vesta would continue to serve as a model for the wall's ornamentation but the design of the wall itself became less monumental.

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