Design for alterations to the one pair floor

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Bank of England
  - The Bank of England Branch Banks, 1826-1831 (353)
    - Bristol: Bank of England branch: survey drawings, designs for alterations and related documents for eight premises including the selected one in Bridge Street, 1826-1827 (32)
      - Later survey drawings and further designs for alterations to the Bank of England branch, Bridge Street, August 1827 (3)

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Reference number

SM (31) 56/8/5

Purpose

Design for alterations to the one pair floor

Aspect

31 Plan of the One Pair Floor of the Premises in Bridge S^t Bristol

Scale

bar scale of ? inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Bank of England, labelled: Window in / Upper Ward, A Window in the Upper Ward, Staircase, Ward belonging to S^t Peters Hospital / occupied by Female Lunatics, Window / (red pen) now stopped / up, Shutter (3 times), Yard in Basement, Door (twice), Store Room &^c, Drawing Room, Door (twice), Ante Room, Door, Staircase to Chambers, Door, Dining Room, Landing

Signed and dated

20^th Aug^t 1827

Medium and dimensions

Pen, warm sepia, pink, blue and brown madder washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper (289 x 461)

Hand

George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate CA

Level

Drawing

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