Survey drawing of site with surrounding premises, after 1827

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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
  - The Bank of England Branch Banks, 1826-1831 (353)
    - Birmingham: Bank of England branch, Union Street: survey plans, elevations and sections with proposed alterations, and related documents, 1826-1829 (18)

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Reference number

SM (8) 56/4/11

Purpose

Survey drawing of site with surrounding premises, after 1827

Aspect

8 Sketched [Site] Plan of the Bank Premises in Union Street Birmingham / shewing their connection with the adjoining Premises

Scale

Inscribed

as above, labelled: Union Street, Paved Passage leading to New Street, A Timber Yard, Low Wall, Paved Passage, Small Dwelling House, Yard, The Birmingham Insurance Office, M^r Beswick, (Soane) --- (illegible) 4 / J.S. [John Soane] / --- -- (illegible) / Mr Withering, 2 Stories high, On Lease of £63 p^r Ann. for 14 Y^rs from Mich^s 1827, Subject to an Ann^e Ground Rent of £21.16.0 / for an unexpired term of 103 Y^rs from June / 1828, Yard, Stable, On Lease £15 p^r Ann for 14 Y^rs / from Mich^s 1827, Warehouse, Door, Stable, Outer Yard belonging to the Bank through which / the proprietors of the Library have a right of way / which is occasionally exercised, Fence Wall, Dust / hole, Window (twice), The Old / Birmingham / Library, The Bank of England Branch, Low building, High Wall with Iron Railing, Gas Light, A., A. Strong door / plated with / Iron good foot / drop / & 2 Strong Iron bars / across, Building / 2 Stories high w^h / Basem^t, Iron Gate / & Railing, High Wall with Iron Railing thereon, Inn Yard, Building belonging to the / Union Inn, Building / 1 Story high, Yard of the Union Inn, The Union Inn, Gateway; (verso): Birmingham Branch, Sketched outline of the / Bank Premises in Union / Street shewing their / connection with the adjoining / Premises

Signed and dated

after 1827, also signed 'J.S.'

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, burnt sienna, pink and blue washes, pricked for transfer on laid secretary paper with five fold marks (323 x 404)

Hand

badly-nested tags: br

Watermark

Kent 1827, Britannia holding lance and olive branch with shield within crowned oval

Notes

Colours appear to represent ownership of different properties. The site plan shows the bank to be enclosed on three sides by the old library and buildings belonging to the Union Inn.

The drawing is datable post quem 1827 due to the watermark and references within the labelling.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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