[3] Alternative design for the Printing Office Court, 26 August 1803 and modified in October 1803

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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)
      - Second phase of the north-west extension: Printing Offices and offices south of the Waiting Room Court, 1803-1810 (21)

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Reference number

SM volume 73/2

Purpose

[3] Alternative design for the Printing Office Court, 26 August 1803 and modified in October 1803

Aspect

Pencil copy of SM volume 73/4 showing alternative design for a semicircular building at the north-east of the new wing, with modifications by Soane to the corner of the screen wall, the waiting rooms and new Barracks

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

plan labelled (Soane, some in pencil) Barracks / nothing / over, Serv[an]t, Bedr[oom], officers, Armoury, G. Cashbook, Governor, Clerk of / Com[ittee], Dep[uty]: Gov[ernor]

Signed and dated

Friday / Aug 26: 1803, modified in pen on Oct: 27: 1803

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

This drawing has a design similar to SM volume 73/4, with a rectangular court surrounded by offices. The Barracks are shown on the north side of the court. An armoury is included in pencil within the semicircular-ended office to the north-east of the proposed court. In June 1803 the Building Committee decided to build a Barracks in the new wing but to keep the building separate from the rest of the premises by a strong door. A plan was approved shortly thereafter. The drawing shows a preliminary design for rearranging the Governor's Office and the Clerk of Committee Office in relation to the design for the Waiting Room Court, which was eventually executed in 1807 (see the Directors' parlours scheme).

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