Unexecuted designs for alterations, January 1830 (3)

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    - Manchester: Bank of England branch: survey plan of premises in Norfolk Street, survey plans and designs for alterations in two phases for premises at 35 King Street, 1826-1831 (123)

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Reference number

SM (48) 56/1/30 verso (49) 56/1/30 (50) 56/1/29

Purpose

Unexecuted designs for alterations, January 1830 (3)

Aspect

48 Copy Plan of the Basement / Manchester with rough part-plan of the two pair floor 49 Plan of the ground floor 50 Part plan of the ground floor

Scale

(48-50) bar scales of 3/16 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

48 as above, labelled: Steps, (pencil) Q^y / Wine / Cellar, (pencil) Q^y Book Room, Strong Room, (pencil) 1 Pr floor and (pencil) some calculations 49 labelled (pencil): Bank, Steps to Strong / Room, Agents / Private / Room, 18.9, 18, Dining Room, 8.0, Q^y Stairs to / Basement, 15.0, 20, Kitchen, Scullery

Signed and dated

(48) 27 Jan^ry 1830

Medium and dimensions

(48) Pen, red pen, pencil, sepia, pink and raw Sienna washes (49) pen, sepia and pink washes (48, 49) pricked for transfer on thin wove paper (589 x 359) (50) pencil, sepia, pink and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (545 x 377)

Hand

(48, 49) George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60) (50) Soane office

Watermark

(50) Smith & Allnutt 1823

Notes

The 'copy plan of the basement' (drawing 48) was probably taken from drawing 42, although it differs from this plan by the absence of a footman's pantry. Drawing 49 similarly appears to be a copy of an earlier plan (drawing 45). The undated drawing 50 is an original design, however, and is notable for relocating the banking areas to the front and right hand side of the premises, a preliminary to the following set of designs (drawings 51-54). The verso has an unfinished plan which is unidentified.

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Drawing

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