[15] Survey of part of the apartments for the Secretary and the Second Door Keeper

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Reference number

SM 2/1/5

Purpose

[15] Survey of part of the apartments for the Secretary and the Second Door Keeper

Aspect

First floor plan

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

The Bank of England, Plan of part of the one pair floor, Rooms over the Waiting rooms N^o 6 & 7 ^&c, The Bank of England, (pencil) 33'6 by 18'9, 13 by 17'6, 18'0 by 30'4

Signed and dated

after 1830 (watermark)

Medium and dimensions

Pen, grey and blue washes, and pencil, on wove paper (524 x 339)

Hand

probably Walter Payne (Clerk of Works 1789-1833)

Watermark

Smith & Allnutt 1830

Notes

In December 1809, Soane was directed to build apartments above the old Printing Office as accomodation for the Secretary and the Second Door Keeper. The apartments are just south of the Waiting Room Court, accessed by a stair near the Doric Vestibule. The drawing was made after 1830, probably as a survey by the Clerk of Works, Walter Payne (see SM 2/1/2 and SM 2/1/6 for similar first floor plans).

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Drawing

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