[13] Variant presentation drawing for the south elevation with twin rusticated columns flanking two doors, 24 June 1805

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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)
      - Barracks, 1805-1807 (19)

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Reference number

SM 1/7/5

Purpose

[13] Variant presentation drawing for the south elevation with twin rusticated columns flanking two doors, 24 June 1805

Aspect

Elevation of the Barracks building; rough sections of walls surrounding the Printing Office Court; rough section of the balustrade

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

The Bank of England, Sketch of a design for the Barracks. 1805, elevation and sections labelled (Soane): Great Quad[rangle], Sold[iers] / Court, Front Wall, Paving / of G[rea]t / Quadr[angle], Loth[bury], fascia to range with Gallery, L[evel] of Paving in Lothbury and dimensions given

Signed and dated

June 24 1805

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Watermark

J Ruse 1804

Notes

This drawing and SM 1/7/4 show the north side of the Barracks, consisting of five rusticated bays on the ground level with a door in two of the bays. In the drawing, only the centre bay includes attached columns while the outer two bays are separated by twin rusticated columns supporting a narrow cornice. The drawing shows the varying ground levels of Lothbury Street and the paved Printing Office Court (referred to as the Great Quadrangle), as well as the heights of the walls facing the Court.

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