[17] Record drawing of a design for the offices in the upper storey on the east side of the Printing Office Court

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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 2/1/7

Purpose

[17] Record drawing of a design for the offices in the upper storey on the east side of the Printing Office Court

Aspect

(Bailey) Plan of part of the One Pair Floor of the Bank of England

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

as above, The Chief Accountant's House (M^rDawes), The Deputy Accountant's House (M^rHutchinson), Discount Check / Office, Gallery over the / Landlords Property Tax office, Door Keeper (Bromage), Parlour, Investigator's Office, Cash Book Office, Paper Room, Drying Room

Signed and dated

after 1806 (watermark)

Medium and dimensions

Pen and grey wash, on wove paper (555 x 526)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

SII 1806

Notes

This drawing shows the offices on the first floor in the north-east part of the new wing. A partition is in place in the corner room, dividing the office into the 'Paper Room' and the 'Cash Book Office'. The same partition exists in other plans of the first floor offices, as in SM 9/2/4, but it is omitted in the presentation drawing (SM 9/4/17). It is therefore likely that the extra wall was added after the building's construction in 1808.

In February 1806 the Building Committee decided to move the Inspectors Office from its location on the east side of the Printing Office, as shown here, to a space above the Discount Office (adjacent to the Long Passage). The watermark on the drawing (1806) suggests it was made after the Building Committee's decision.

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Drawing

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