Record drawings showing alterations made during the first phase of work in 1826 (2)

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  - The Bank of England Branch Banks, 1826-1831 (353)
    - 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 (32) 56/2/5 (33) 56/2/3

Purpose

Record drawings showing alterations made during the first phase of work in 1826 (2)

Aspect

32 Part plans of the ground floor 33 Part plan of the ground floor

Scale

(32, 33) bar scales of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

32 labelled: Manchester, Proposed Passage, A (twice), B, C, D, E, F 33 labelled: Chancery Lane, (pencil) Chancery Lane, Werehouse [sic], (pencil) Store room, Old Counting house, (pencil) Butlers room, Porters Room, (pencil) Porters room, M^r Macgregors / Private Room, (pencil) M^r Macgregors / Room, Nothing done any farther than this, Yard, (pencil) Yard, this was not Done, (pencil) Servants Bed room, Passage, (pencil) Passage, Coal / house, (pencil) Coal, (pencil) Scullery, (pencil) Kitchen, steps numbered 1-2 and 3-15

Medium and dimensions

(32) Pen, sepia, pink and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with three fold marks (580 x 685) (33) pen, sepia, pink, blue and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (565 x 685)

Hand

(32, 33) Thomas Heath, clerk of works

Notes

Drawings 32 and 33 record the alterations made to the bank during the first phase of work. A new wall has been built across the rear of the banking hall, creating a large, rectangular space separated from the rear of the house. The front entrance has been replaced with a window, and a new entrance built to the left of the façade. Additionally, a porter's room and two new water closet have been added, as well as two small rooms at the rear of the banking hall. Earlier designs (drawings 17-20) show how the ceiling of the banking hall was also remodelled. Evidently these were the only alterations - aside from the construction of a strong room in the basement - required to be made before the bank could open for business, which it did on 21 September 1826.

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