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[7] Preliminary alternative design for the ground floor, 21 June 1801
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Reference number
SM 40/2/32
Purpose
[7] Preliminary alternative design for the ground floor, 21 June 1801
Aspect
Two plan of the ground floor and plan of the back parlour
Inscribed
Messrs Praeds & Co / Fleet Street, Sketch of Design for the proposed New Banking House in Fleet Street, labelled (in Soane's hand): Lobby, Arch, Staircase, Qy Door, Window, ----- / Cl, Fin---, Store Room, Fire, Not satisfied with what / Ld B had appd / This plan was made / up after I left / him - Evening of June 21 1801 and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 21 June 1801
June 21 1801 / Eveng and June 21 1801 / 10 o'Clock Even
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (676 x 552)
Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837)
Watermark
WL 1794
Notes
Not content with the approved design (drawing [5]) or his second, altered design (drawing [6]), Soane produced this alternative plan late in the evening of 21 June. Evidently the project had been on his mind all day. By moving the entrance to the right hand side of the building, Soane was able to create a continuous passage from the front of the house to the rear of the site. The wall to the west of the site (shared with Messrs North, Hoare & Co) was regular, meaning that Soane could give the front parlour a symmetrical plan. The back parlour appears to have a domed ceiling and a large window to the north. In the plans to the left and the right of the sheet, Soane experiments with alternative arrangements for the back parlour.
Level
Drawing
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