[2] Preliminary design, in Soane's hand

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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)
    - 1799-1810 Expansions north-west and rebuilding of existing offices (487)
      - First phase of north-west extension: Waiting Room Court, Accountants Office and Doric Vestibule, 1801-1804 (111)

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Reference number

SM 9/4/40

Purpose

[2] Preliminary design, in Soane's hand

Aspect

Rough plan for the extension

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

plan labelled (Soane, brown pen) including: Cash books, Acc^tRoom, M^r Newlands / Hall, M^rNewlands / Room, D.A / Eat^gR. (Deputy Accountant's Eating Room), D.A. / Parl (Deputy Accountant's Parlour), Deputy Acc^ts/ Room, Acc^ts Office, Court, Coffee Room, G. Cash / Books, Anteroom, Store (twice), Vestibule, Court, Nico----, Discount / Office, Gov^r, W (four times, Waiting Rooms), Acc^tOffice / Rooms under for Books / & Rooms over, Deputy / Govr, Committee, Passage / to / Private off., Secret[ary], Draw[ing] Off[ice], Banknote / Print^g Office, (Bailey) Bank of England

Signed and dated

datable to April-May 1801

Hand

Soane

Watermark

WL 1794

Notes

This drawing, like SM 9/4/38, is also a copy of the existing building overlaid with a preliminary design. The directors' offices have not been re-arranged as they are SM 9/4/38. As in the executed design (but on an opposite north-south axis) a long passage runs north from the directors' offices, passing behind a colonnade in the court. The new extension consists of elongated rectangular buildings surrounding generous courtyards. 'Mr Newland' refers to Abraham Newland, the Chief Cashier of the Bank from 1778 to 1807.

Level

Drawing

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