[1] Working drawing, 10 December 1789

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    - 1789-1808 Chimney-pieces for the Bank of England (19)

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Reference number

SM 81/2/21

Purpose

[1] Working drawing, 10 December 1789

Aspect

Detail

Scale

full size

Inscribed

Mouldings - full size for chimney peice (sic) / in the Porters room, in the Vestibule leading / to the Rotunda _ / to be executed in Portland Stone, Opening of the Chimney Peice, 3.1" high, 1.0" wide, Wall line (twice), A to project 1/8" before / B.B. as per dotted / line C, A, B, B and C

Signed and dated

Welbeck Street 10 Dec^r. 1[7]89

Hand

Soane office

Notes

The drawing is dated from Welbeck Street, which was Soane's home and office - the lease was purchased 30 November 1786 and the office was moved to Great Scotland Yard, Whitehall in April 1791.

As Soane was making some minor alterations to pre-existing buildings in 1789, it seems likely that the drawing shows a chimney-piece designed to be added to one of those older parts of the Bank. The design is very simple (compared to Soane's other chimney-piece designs) and consists of jambs and a frieze section with only incised panels to ornament them.

The design may have been used as a model for many chimney-pieces in different rooms throughout the bank.

Level

Drawing

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