Design for the rear elevation of the new Board of Trade Offices, July 1824

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  - London: Board of Trade and Privy Council Offices, Whitehall & Downing Street: designs for new offices and scheme for the improvement of Downing Street, 1823-33 (284)
    - Designs and working drawings for the new Board of Trade and Privy Council Offices, December 1823-October 1824 (106)

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Reference number

SM (84) 50/1/41

Purpose

Design for the rear elevation of the new Board of Trade Offices, July 1824

Aspect

84 Back Elevation; (verso) Plan of the One Pair or Principal Floor

Scale

(verso) bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Board of Trade, labelled: 4.0, 4'3'', 4'9'', (pencil) 2.0; (verso): as above, New Council Offices &^c, labelled: Waiting / Room, (feint pencil) Council / Room, Presidents Room / 20.0 by 21.9, 16.7 by 18.7, Board Room / 25.6 by 21.9, 22.3 by 17.6, Staircase

Signed and dated

Lincolns Inn Fields / 15 July 1824; (verso) Jan^y 31^st 1825

Medium and dimensions

Pen, yellow ochre, black and pink washes on wove paper; (verso) pen, pink, black and grey washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (533 x 733)

Hand

George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60); (verso) David Mocatta (1806-82, pupil 1821-27)

Notes

Very few rear elevation drawings were made - or survive - for the new offices. Drawing 84 shows a very austere elevation with square-headed windows. Pencil lines show that Soane considered round-headed windows on the first floor. Later rear elevations (drawings 91-92) confirm that round-headed windows were incorporated into the design. Small patches of pink wash indicate floor levels.
The verso of drawing 84 shows the part of the new building containing the new Privy Council Offices. It has an open newel staircase and the Privy Council Chamber is parallel to Downing Street. It fits into the design process between drawings 125 and 126.

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