[19] Record drawing of the Bank as built in 1808

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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 9/2/4

Purpose

[19] Record drawing of the Bank as built in 1808

Aspect

Plan of the One Pair Floor

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

as above, The Bank of England, M^rRippon's Apartments, M^rBruce (twice), Paved Court, Upper part of the / Pay Hall, Bullion Court, Lobby, Gallery (twice), Chancery's Exchequer Office, Accountant's Discount / Office, Will Office, Solicitor's Office, Solicitor's Deposit / for Bank paper, Lothbury Court, Court (twice), Library, Court, Accountant's Apartments, Deputy / Accountant (twice), Accountant's / Discount / Cheque / Office, Printing Office / Court, Cash Book / Office (twice), Deputy for / Bank Note Paper, Drying Room, Court, Engravers (twice), Porter, Waiting / Room, Printing Office, Court, Printing Office, Upper part of the / One & Two Pound Note / Office, Court, Drawing Office / Court, Upper Part / of the / Paved Vestibule, Upper Part / of the / Brown Vestibule, Court (twice), Garden Court and feint pencil note (?) Sub Cash

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing and SM 9/2/7 show the Bank as built in about 1808. The Discount Office is complete, as is the Long Passage and the directors' offices south of the Waiting Room Court (see separate schemes).

This drawing shows the only general plan for the Bank's first floor. The drawing was made after the rebuilding of the directors' offices (1808) but before any alterations to the vestibule between the Rotunda and the Front Court (1814). The first floor offices at the Bank were situated around the courts. These were the only areas in the Bank where an upper storey could in fact occur, as parts of the Bank that did not face a court or a light-well had to be top-lit.

Level

Drawing

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