Design for the footman's pantry

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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 (116) 56/2/14

Purpose

Design for the footman's pantry

Aspect

116 Plan and three wall elevations

Scale

to a scale of ½ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

labelled: Dresser & Drawers, Window, Door leading / to Kitchen, Passage, Deal framed Partition, Dresser & Drawers as / heretofore, Footmans Pantry, Lobby, Shelves for / draining / Bottles, ¾ beaded & tongued / linings and some dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pen, raw umber and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (500 x 620)

Hand

Thomas Heath, clerk of works

Notes

At some stage after work had begun in 1830 it was decided to replace the servants' hall with a footman's pantry. No information about this room is therefore to be found in the Specification (drawing 56). The design on drawing 116 corresponds to alterations made in pencil to drawing 59. A second copy of the design for the footman's pantry is inexplicably to be found amongst the drawings for the Gloucester branch bank, (q.v. Gloucester branch bank, drawing 15).

Level

Drawing

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