[28] Design for a four-columned portico, showing alternative podiums and columniation at the corners, September 1804

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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)
      - Tivoli Corner 1803-1805 (61)

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SM 1/6/19

Purpose

[28] Design for a four-columned portico, showing alternative podiums and columniation at the corners, September 1804

Aspect

Ground floor plan; (pencil) rough elevation and cross section; (pencil) rough part-elevation of the podium

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

The Bank of England, Design for the North West Corner

Signed and dated

Sepr 28: 1804 and in feint pencil Oct

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

This drawing shows the podium with rounded corners. The right-hand side of the sheet shows twin columns at the side of the building. A (feint) pencil elevation corresponds to this columniation, showing an attic consisting of three bays each faced with a semicircular-headed arch and separated by fluted columns capped by antefixes, surmounted by a pedestal over the middle bay.

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