[15] Design for the buildings and courts south of the screen wall

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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 1/7/13

Purpose

[15] Design for the buildings and courts south of the screen wall

Aspect

Section through the Barracks

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

The Bank of England, Section through the proposed Barracks 1805

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

1802

Notes

This drawing and SM 1/7/10 show the Soldiers Court at an intermidate level between the Great Quadrangle and Lothbury Street. In earlier designs (see SM 1/7/11 and SM 1/7/12) the Soldiers Court is level with Lothbury Street and the Great Quadrant is sunken, leaving a difference of three feet between the north and south façades of the Barracks. Modifications to the earlier design suggest the changed levels shown in this drawing and SM 1/7/10; the ground level is high enough to include a north entrance into the Barracks.

The drawing shows tall balustrades on top of both façades of the Barracks, meeting the height of the adjoining buildings. The Doric order on the south elevation is taller and with an alternative entablature to that shown in SM 1/7/10. The north entrance is omitted; in SM 1/7/10 a north entrance is shown.

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