Sir John Soane's Museum
Concise catalogue of drawings

Folio XII, volume I of the drawings of the
Bank of England, containing 74 drawings,
1803-04
Insc: (on spine) Miscellaneous Bank Drawings
Part I
Marbled boards, leather spine (730 x 570)
1 Design for one of the Entrances
2 Elevation of the Princes Street Entrance
d: Febr. 1803
3-4 Elevation of portions of the Princes
Street front
d: June 1803
5 Cornice round Waiting Room Court, FS
d: June, 1803
Verso: Part-section through the Accountants'
Office
6 Elevation of portion of the Lothbury
front
d: June 1803
7 Elevation of portion of the Princes Street
front
d: May 1803
8 Design for the NW angle of Bank
9 Section through Vestibule to the Princes
Street Entrance, Porters Lodge, Small Courts
etc. looking E
d: Oct 1803
10-12 Sections through the Vestibule
looking W and E
d: Nov 1803
13-14 Plans of the Princes St Vestibule,
Accountants' Office, Waiting Court, and
adjoining Offices
d: Nov 1803
15-24 Various sections and details of
Accountants' Office
d: May 1803 to Jan 1804
25-26 Plan and sections of Lobby at the
end of Loggia next Accountants' Office
27 Section through Loggia, Ground and
Basement Floors, looking W
d: July 1802
28 Large scale plan of Portions of Vestibule and
Loggia
d: July 1803
29-30 Sections looking N from Princes St
through vestibule and Loggia to Chief
Cashier's Office
d: Sept 1803
31 Unidentified plan, unfinished
32-36 Elevations of various designs for the
W and N sides of Waiting Court
d: July and Aug 1803
37 Section through Accountants' Office
and Waiting and Well Courts looking W
38-39 Elevations of the N side of
Accountants' Office, next Well Court
d: Oct 1803
40 FS details of Stonework in this Court
(called Accountants' Court)
d: July 1803
41 Elevation of one of the Niches in the
Lothbury Front with FS detail
42 Section looking W through Accountants'
Office and the Courts on each side
d: July 1803
43-44 Elevations of designs for the W side
of the Waiting Court
d: Sept 1803
45-47 Plans of 3 designs for the Princes
Street Vestibule
48-50 Sections through the Princes Street
Vestibule
49 Verso: Sketch for spandrel, Princes
Street Vestibule
d: Feb 9 1804
[After 50 on microfilm]
51-52 Details of an Entablature, Soffite
and Archivolt
d: March 1804
53-54 Elevations for W and S sides of the
Waiting Court
55 Section looking W through Accountants'
Office and adjoining Courts
d: Oct 1803
56 Elevation for N side of the Waiting
Room Court, d: Aug 1803
57 Plan of the Accountants' Office, Princes
Street Vestibule, and the adjacent Courts and
Offices
58-64 Various sections through
Accountants' Office with details
d: Mar 1803 to Jany 1804
65-67 Designs for the Dome over the
Princes Street Vestibule
d: Feb and Mar 1804
68 Plan of the Accountants' Office and
adjacent Courts and Offices
69-70 Details of Stonework, Waiting Room
Court
d: July 1803
71 Detail of an Entablature
72 Plan of a design for the Princes Street
Vestibule
73-74 Sections through the Accountants'
Office, looking E
d: Aug 1804

Folio XIII, volume II of drawings of the
Bank of England, containing 135 drawings,
with some designs on versos
Insc: (on spine) Miscellaneous Bank Drawings
Part II
Marbled boards, leather spine (700 x 600)
1 Plan of the Centre portion of the Bank
previous to the extension at the NW angle
d: Jany 1803
2-22 Plans of various schemes for the new
Accountants' Office, Princes Street Entrance
and Courts and Offices adjacent
d: April to July 1803
23-36 Various studies of the N and W
elevations of the Waiting Room Court
d: April 1803 to Jany 1804
37-51 Various studies, sections and plans
for the Interior of the Accountants' Office
d: Apr 1803 to Aug 1804
52-83 Various studies, plans and sections,
for the Interior of the Vestibule of the
Princes Street Entrance (called `the Doric
Vestibule’)
d: March to May 1804
67 Verso: Elevation of Lothbury front
84-92 Various studies for the Dome etc.
over the Princes St Vestibule
d: Feby to Apr 1804
93-104 Various studies, plans and sections
of the Corridor leading from the Princes
Street Entrance to the Chief Cashier's Office
d: July to Sept 1803
105-109 Various studies of a design for
finishing the NW angle at the corner of
Princes Street and Lothbury
d: Feby 1803
110-116 FS and ½ FS details of stone
mouldings and pilaster capital
d: Dec 1795 to Sept 1803
117-120 Details of elevations of portions of
the Lothbury Front and Princes St Front
d: June 1803
117 Verso: Plan of the Princes Street
entrance
120 Followed by: 119A Detail of the Princes
Street front
121 Study for the N elevation of the
Waiting Room Court
d: April 1803
122-126 Various studies of designs for the
NW angle
d: Feby 1803
127-135 FS details of Stonework of various
parts
d: Febr. 1796 to July 1803

Folio XIV, volume III of drawings of the
Bank of England, containing 144 drawings
Insc: (on spine) Bank Stock Office etc Part III
Marbled boards (690 x 560)
1 Bank Stock Office. Plan and sections of
the old office, taken down in 1792
2-49 Bank Stock Office. Plans, sections and
details of the new Office and various studies
for the same
d: 1792 to 1794
50-94 3% Transfer Office. Plans, sections
and details of the Office and various studies
for the same
d: 1797 to 1799
95-105 The Rotunda. Various sections.
Details of construction and decoration
d: 1794 to 1795
106 Section through the old 4% Dividend
Office, The Rotunda and the 3% Dividend
Office
107-126 3% Reduced Annuities Office.
Plans, sections and details of the Office and
various studies for the same
127-144 New 4% Office. Plans, sections
and details of construction
d: 1818 to 1821

Folio XV, volume IV of drawings of the
Bank of England containing 103 drawings
Insc: (on spine) Miscellaneous drawings Part
IV
Marbled boards, leather spine (700 x 575)
1-2 Cheque Office (Post Bill Office in
1833). Plan and sections
3-18 Discount Office. Plans, sections and
details
d: 1805, 1806
19 Lobby to Discount Office. Plan and
sections
d: 1805
20 New Treasury. Two sections
21-23 Vestibule to the Rotunda
(afterwards added to Treasury). Plan and
sections
d: 1791
24-25 New Treasury. Two sections
26-27 Passage from Rotunda to Pay Hall
Court. Two sections
28 Cashier's Office. Elevation of proposed
W end
d: 1802
29-30 Colonnade Courts. Plans of
Basement storey on W side
d: 1802, 1804
31 Hexagonal Room in NW Angle of Bank
in 1798. Plan and elevations
d: 1798
32 Chief Cashier's Room, next
Accountants' (or Residence) Court. Plan and
elevations
d: 1802
33 and 35 Cashiers Office. Longitidunal
and transverse sections
d: 1799
34 Waiting Room. Plan and sections
36 Lobby to Court Room. Plan and interior
elevations
37 Corridor on W side of the Bullion
Court. Plan and interior elevations
d: 1806
38 Corridor to Governor's and Waiting
Rooms. Plan and interior elevation
d: 1808
39-40 The Rustic Lobby. Plans and interior
elevations
d: 1807
41 Printing Office (or Well) Court. Section
looking S
42-44 Accountants' Office. 3 sections
d: 1803
45-47 Princes Street Vestibule and
neighbourhood. Sections
d: 1803
48 Plan and section of some portion of the
Basement
49-56 Entrance from Lothbury and
Porters Lodge. Plans, elevations and sections
d: 1796
57-58 Bullion Court. Elevations of N and E
sides
d: 1806
59 Room over the Gateway in the New
Lodge. Plan and elevations
d: 1796
60 Store Keeper's Room. Section
d: 1805
61-63 Waiting Room Court. Plan and two
elevations
d: 1803
64 Corridor next Accountants' Office.
Section
d: 1803
65-67 Waiting Room Court. 3 studies
d: 1803
68 The Barracks. Elevation
d: 1796
69-71 Unnamed room. Plan and
elevations, 3 studies
d: 1796
72-75 Discount Office. Four views of
designs of the interior
d: Nov. 1805
76 Discount Office. View of interior as
carried out
d: Decr 1805
77 Discount Office, Lobby adjacent to.
View of interior
d: 1805
78-79 Discount Office. Two views of
further designs
d: Nov 1805
80-83 Lothbury Court. Four views
84-86 Lothbury and Residence Courts.
Three views
87 Threadneedle Street front. Sketch
design for the new Front
d: 1823
88-91 Various sketch designs for the
exterior
d: 1823
92 Bullion Office. View of a Design for
d: 1807
93 3% Transfer Office. View of a design
for
d: 1799
94 The Rotunda. Views during the
Volunteers' Banquet
95 4% Office. View during the Volunteers'
Banquet
d: 1801
96-98 The Rotunda. Plans and sections of
3 designs for
d: May 1794
99-103 Lothbury front. 5 sketches of
designs for
d: 1796, 1798

Folio A, volume of drawings of the Royal
Hospital, Chelsea, 87 leaves containing 78 sketches,
1810-1816
Insc: (front) Sketches of the New Infirmary/and
other Buildings at Chelsea/Hospital, made by the
Pupils of/Sir John Soane during the/progress of
the Works, 1810 to 1816
Bound in marbled card boards (390 x 245)
1-36 New Infirmary. Sketches and
measured drawings [No 1 not microfilmed]
37-40 New Stables. Drawings of roofs
41-48 Bake House. Plan, elevations and
details
49-51 New Stables. Plan, view and
elevation
52-53 Clerk of the Works' House. Plan and
section of portion of addition
54-59 Clerk of the Works' House. A series
of coloured sketches showing the House and
the old Stables adjoining next to Paradise
Row
60-71 Clerk of the Works' House. Sketches
showing the additions in progress together
with plans of old building and addition
72-73 Bake House. Details of oven and
view of the completed building
74 Clerk of the Works' House. Back view of
the completed building
75-78 Four sketches of the completed
Infirmary and Stables

Folio E, volume of MS reports and drawings
relating to the Royal Hopsital, Chelsea, with 3 loose
packages at the end
Insc: (on spine) Chelsea/Hospital/New/Infirmary
Bound in leather, tooled with gold (415 x
275)
4 View of the Whitster's House from the
NW as left after the removal of the adjoining
buildings
d: 12th April 1809
5 View of the same House from the SW, as
left after the removal of the adjoining
buildings
d: 12th April 1809
6 General Block Plan showing buildings
acquired from Lord Yarborough
22-25 Four block plans showing various
schemes for the disposal of the lands etc.,
d: 1809
A parcel of drawings of a design for the New
Infirmary facing the River including: 4
plans, 5 elevations, 1 section, 2 views and 2
block plans of other schemes

Folio F, volume of MS reports interspersed
with drawings relating to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea
Insc : Chelsea Hospital/Copy of Report to the
Board/April 13: 1809
Paper bound volume (420 x 275)
3-7 Two views and 3 elevations of the
Whitster's House as left after the removal of
the adjoining building on the W
d: 12th April 1809
11 and 28-31 Five block plans showing
various schemes for rebuilding on the
property acquired from Lord Yarborough

Folder of 8 watercolour views of the Clerk of
Works' House, the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 1833 (260 x
425)

Notebook, labelled on cover, Downhill/1780/
Sat July 27 to Sat Sept -2, containing notes,
sketches and specifications
Bound in paper covers (185 x 120)
Notebook includes sketches of Downhill, Co.
Derry, & Castle Eden, Co. Durham

Folio B, volume of drawings of Dulwich
Picture Gallery, 92 leaves containing 24
sketches,1812
Insc: (frontispiece and front cover): Sketches
of the [Dulwich] Picture Gallery/the Mausoleum
and the/Sisters' Apartments, made by the Pupils of
Sir John Soane/during the progress of the Works,/
1812
Bound in marbled card (410 x 250)
1-24 Sketches mostly tinted showing the
buildings in various stages, May to Sept 1812
This volume contains 3 loose drawings
[not microfilmed] in a pocket in the front
cover : one rough sketch for f.3 and two
rough sketches for f.8