Design for alterations to Mr Foster's premises, Queen Street, unexecuted, April 1828

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    - Norwich: Bank of England branch: survey drawings, designs for alterations and related documents for 17 premises including the selected one in Queen Street, 1827-1829 (91)

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Reference number

SM (50) 56/12/32

Purpose

Design for alterations to Mr Foster's premises, Queen Street, unexecuted, April 1828

Aspect

50 Ground floor Plan of Premises in Queen Street belonging to M^r Foster

Scale

bar scale of ? inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled: Norwich, Court Yard, (pencil) Q^y Door, Building, Agents / Private / Room / 11.6 by / 17.0, Door, Entrance / Lobby, Q^y Parlor, Footmans Pantry / or Store Room, Passage to Offices Garden &^c, Door, Kitchen, Yard, Brewhouse, Pantry, Porter, Desk (twice), Bank / 24.0 / by / 16.0, Counter, Iron door (twice), Books, Treasure, Garden, North, E[ast], W[est], Q^y Cellars & if Vaulted / heights of Rooms

Signed and dated

L.I.F. [Lincoln's Inn Fields] / 16^th April 1828

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, sepia, potter's pink, blue and Naples yellow washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper with one fold mark (377 x 473)

Hand

George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

Watermark

J Whatman 1815, fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and below, ornate W

Notes

Proposed alterations to Mr Foster's premises (indicated by pink wash) include the conversion of the dining room into a banking hall, the relocation of the kitchen, the construction of a secure book room and treasure vault and substantial alterations to the entrance hall and kitchen to create an entrance lobby, footman's pantry and passage. Feint pencil lines show the previous configuration of the interior (see drawing 48).

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