[2] Design, c. June 1816

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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)
    - 1814-1816 Rebuilding of existing offices and proposals for rebuilding street fronts (118)
      - Reduced Annuities Office, 1816 (5)

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Reference number

SM 2/4/5

Purpose

[2] Design, c. June 1816

Aspect

Plan of the 3½ Dividend Office (then an Armory)

Scale

bar scale

Signed and dated

datable to c. June 1816

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing and SM 2/4/6 show plans for the alterations proposed for the south-west office (the Reduced Annuities office and Armory respectively). Originally (see overall plan, q.v.) the two rooms (which can be seen together in SM 2/4/7) had been divided by a wall running from the south-west corner of the Garden Court to the west wall opposite, on the northern side of the doorway onto that court. Soane's designs show his intention to demolish that wall and reduce the size of what was then called the Armory, adding another wall further to the north. Instead of a wall, Soane added paired columns with segmental arches above, to support the domed lantern.

The drawing indicates the desk position (presumably the previous function of the room as an armory was to be abandoned in favour of a cheque? office). There is a central stove and the east wall (bottom) shows the piers, engaged columns and window jambs of the segmental-arched windows that faced onto the Garden Court. The Barrack Court is labelled to the north (right) and a fireplace is shown in the north wall.

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Drawing

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