[100] Working drawing for the passage leading from Lothbury Court to the Bullion Court, dated December 1800

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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)
    - 1791-1801 Rebuilding of offices in the east wing and north-east extension (431)
      - Lothbury Court and surrounding offices, 1797-1801 (109)

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SM volume 75/57

Purpose

[100] Working drawing for the passage leading from Lothbury Court to the Bullion Court, dated December 1800

Aspect

Elevation showing the entrance into the Bullion Court; and Section of the inside of the passage leading to the Bullion Court

Scale

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Inscribed

The Bank of England, Elevation of Front in the Bullion Court (North Side), Settled upon by Mr Soane 31^stDec 1800 / (Soane) March 5: 1801, A Coppy Delivered G White / 1^st Jan 1801, Section through Gateway, and elevation labelled (some in Soane hand): Recess to correspond / with the / Gateway, flush, Blank / window (twice), to be / ommit^d [omitted] (sic), level of Pavement, filled up / in / finish, ommitted, 1 2¼ deep and dimensions given

Signed and dated

as above and Bank 28^th Dec 1800

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

This is a working drawing for the construction of the passage and the north side of the Bullion Court. Soane's rough sketches are on the drawing, as well as his inscriptions indicating some dimensions and with an instruction ordering that the wall's recess should correspond with the gateway. The offices behind the wall were also constructed around this time, as part of the north-east extension.

Soane had pulled down the old buildings in January 1800 and begun construction. This drawing appears to be a working drawing for the exterior wall of the offices, indicating that they had already been constructed by December 1800.

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