[17] Design, c.1805

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  - Bank of England, City of London for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 1788-1834 (1356)
    - 1789-1808 Chimney-pieces for the Bank of England (19)

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Reference number

SM 81/2/72

Purpose

[17] Design, c.1805

Aspect

Elevation and section for a chimney-piece in the Barracks

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

some dimensions given (verso) Chimney Piece in Barracks

Signed and dated

datable to c.1805

Hand

Soane office

Notes

The decorative scheme for the chimney-piece shown in the drawing indicates its position in the Barracks - it is inscribed for Barrack on verso - (which also indicates a design date of c. 1805). The mantel is surmounted by a row of 'cannon balls' and a central pediment is constructed from three of these 'cannon balls' in a pyramidal structure. Further 'cannon balls' are used for a base and capital, under and above each of the barrel-shaped jambs (the barrel-shape perhaps indicating gunpowder barrels). In this instance, ornament is distinctively used to denote building function.

A section on the right-hand side shows the same structure, to the same scale as the adjacent elevation.

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Drawing

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