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Working drawings for alterations to the entrance to the bank (No. 8), April-May 1830
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Reference number
SM (76) 56/1/24
Purpose
Working drawings for alterations to the entrance to the bank (No. 8), April-May 1830
Aspect
76 Plan of the Steps at Entrance to Bank, elevation of the steps and entrance, Plan of Brickwork under Steps, and details of Parts of Door Frame and Doors at Entrance to the Bank
Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot and Full Size
Inscribed
as above, Bank of England Branch / at Manchester, (No 8) (twice), labelled: Folding Door / see parts at large, Old Swing Doors, presumed level of paving, Ashlaring 9" thick, ½ an inch before ashlaring, Level of Floor, Huddersfield Stone, To correspond with / the doorway at the / opposite End, Iron, and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- Lincolns Inn Fields / April 1830 and J.S. (John Soane) / 26 May 1830
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, pink, yellow, burnt Sienna and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (535 x 735)
Hand
George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt 1823
Notes
A detailed description of the new entrance is on page 6 of the Specification (drawing 56). The swing doors 'are to be removed from the present entrance to the bank and fitted and hung to the new enclosure at entrance thereto' (p. 22). This design was not executed, and instead the new entrance was built to a different design (see drawings 90 and 96).
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