Working drawings, July 1830 (7)

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Reference number

SM (86) 56/2/40 (87) 56/2/34 (88) 56/2/51 (89) 56/2/26 (90) 56/2/9 (91) 56/2/35 (92) 56/2/50

Purpose

Working drawings, July 1830 (7)

Aspect

86 Detail of Part of Door Jambs & Door in Quarter Partition and elevation of One of the Doors &^c to Kitchen offices &^c 87 Details of Parts of Sash Door & Jambs for Agents Room and Parts of Door and Jambs for Stairs / leading to Strong Room, and elevations of doors for agent's room and stairs leading to strong room 88 Details of Parts of Framing Linings &c / for Agents Private Room 89 Plan and laid-out wall elevations of the agent's private room 90 Section, plan and elevation of new front Entrance to the Bank 91 Plan and laid-out wall elevations of Porters Room with details of Part of Bead flush dwarf / Wainscotting Full Size for / Porters Room, Parts of Doors & Cupboard Fronts and Parts of Door Jambs and Door 92 Detail of Parts of Door Frame & Door with plan and elevation of door and frame

Scale

(86-88, 92) to a scale of 1 inch to 1 foot and Full Size (89) bar scale of 3/8 inch to 1 foot (90) bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot (91) bar scale of 7/16 inch to 1 foot and 'full size'

Inscribed

86 as above, This Drawing to be returned with / the Work, labelled (plan): Bricknogged Partition, Quarter; (elevation): A, N^o 3 Doors & Jambs & Grounds & Architrave Mouldings as Drawing A for Ground Floor / with x toungd pannells // N^o 4 Doors & Jambs & Grounds & Architraves Mouldings as Drawing A 2 feet 9 Inches wide / for One Pair Floor & Pantry // N^o 1 Door as A - 3 feet wide no Jambs at presant [sic], and dimensions given 87 as above, labelled (plans): Wall Framing (3 times), Quarter Partition, Plastering; (elevations): N^o 1 Two In Dl Astragall 5/8 Ovlo / Sash Door for Agents Room, N^o 1 Two In Dl four Pannel Door / 3 reeds flush & bead flush for Stairs leading to Strong Room, and dimensions given 88 as above, labelled: Framing (twice), Parts of Linings Full Size for recess / in Passage, Style (3 times), Style of Framing, Grounds, Top Rail, Qy^r [?Query] / Key to be morticed through / Styles of framing, 4'-7½", Parts of 1¼ In D[ea]l bead flush & rough wall framing with cross tongued / pannels & rails, Floor line, Linings for Jambs and Soffite of Brestsummer, Framing (twice) 89 1¼ In Bead flush Wall Framing for / Agents Private Room See Drawing full Size, Book Room, A, A Drawing of this Door / will be made, The right hand Style / of this Door, The left hand Style / of this Door to be prepared / for a Mortice Lock, (pencil) Chim[ne]y, and dimensions given 90 as above, labelled (section): The Chimneypiece & decorations over the same to / remain untouched, Present Swing Door, 1½ deal framing B[ea]^d flush, Arch, Lintel, 6", Brick Pier / to receive / Ends of / Joists / C / Plan; (elevation): To correspond in every particular ^(excepting width) / with the other doorway, 4'3'', Folding doors fr^d in / 2 thicknesses of 1¼ deal with / iron between, Architrave as the other doorway, 1.6, 6½ (twice); (verso, plan): Bank of England Branch Manchester, Counter, The Hanging Style A to be of / sufficient width for the Folding / doors to open free of the Ch^y piece, The present doors, A, Framing to range in height if possible / and correspond with the New Framing / at the opposite end - the upper part / framed with Sash to correspond / with Swing Doors, C, Folding doors, 4.3, steps numbered 1-7 91 as above, labelled (elevations): A (twice), B, AA Jambs of Chimney piece 8 by 2½ / B Mantle for D[itt]o 9 by 2½ / To be of St Helans [sic] / Stone rubbed and / Strongly cramped / together, ½ In groved [sic] & beaded Coping; (plans): 4 Inches, Passage Side, (pencil) 2.10 opening and dimensions given 92 as above, labelled (plan): Style; (elevation): Glass (twice), N^o 2 Door Frames and two 2 In bead flush and Sq^r flat / Doors framed in six pannels the top pannels / open for Glass for Clerks WC & Sink Room and dimensions given

Signed and dated

(86) July 13^th 1830 / Tho^s Heath (87) T Heath July 14^th 1830 (88, 89) July 17^th 1830 Tho^s Heath (90) Copy sent 27 July 1830 (91, 92) July 29th 1830 / Tho^s Heath

Medium and dimensions

(86-89) Pen, sepia, raw umber, pink and grey-blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (530 x 650, 495 x 615, 495 x 615, 550 x 665) (90) pen, caput, pink, terre verte, yellow, sepia and grey-blue washes, pricked for transfer on laid secretary paper with one fold mark (320 x 420) (91) pen, raw umber and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with two fold marks (490 x 610) (92) pen, raw umber, pink and grey-blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (495 x 310)

Hand

(86-89, 91, 92) Thomas Heath, clerk of works (90) George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

Watermark

(89) 1827 (90) Wells & Warren 1828

Notes

Drawing 88 is the 'drawing full size' referred to on the subsequent plan of the agent's room (drawing 89). On the latter drawing, pink wash is used to show alterations, and the wall elevations show the wall panelling in the agent's room and passage.
Drawing 90 shows the new entrance to be created at the front of the bank. The new door is 4 feet 3 inches wide. In contrast to an earlier drawing (number 76), there are no iron railings and fewer steps, and these are parallel to the entrance. The lobby is deeper and contains a further four steps, although the present swing doors are retained. This design for the new entrance is shown on drawing 59, where it is superimposed over an earlier working drawing. Another elevation drawn by Thomas Heath, clerk of works, is dated 'August 17 1830' (drawing 96).

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