| Level | Item |
| Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | 15A13/1/5/4 |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Title | ALBUM OF OLD BANK 'INTERIORS: OFFICES, VESTIBULES AND CORRIDORS' |
| Date | c. 1920s |
| Description | Wood-effect album containing pages 145 - 216. Pages 176-183 and 208 - 216 are empty and appear never to have been used. Each print has a reference number and a caption. They have also been numbered by the Archive which relate to the numbers below. Prints are stuck on to the pages so any information on the back is not discoverable.
1) 'L1: 'Consols Office. Looking towards East end'. Caryatids under lantern clearly visible.
2) 'L2: Consols Office. North-East angle'.
3) 'L4: Consols Office. North-East angle seen from centre of South wall'.
4) 'L3: Consols Office. North-East angle - nearer view'.
5) 'L9: Consols Office. One of lesser arches'.
6) 'L8: Consols Office. One of arches supporting lantern'.
7) 'L7: Consols Office. A pendentive'.
8) 'L5: Consols Office. Lantern'. Caryatids under lantern clearly visible.
9) 'L6: Consols Office. Lantern - nearer view'. Caryatids under lantern clearly visible.
10) 'G3: Colonial Office. South Wall'.
11) 'G1: Colonial Office. South-West angle'.
12) 'G2: Colonial Office. North-East angle'.
13) 'G5: Colonial Office. North-East angle - nearer view'.
14) 'G4: Colonial Office. View towards South wall, looking upwards'.
15) 'G6: Colonial Office. Lantern'.
16) 'G7: Colonial Office. Medallion on Pendentive'.
17) 'F2: Old Dividend Office. North side, showing doorway to Rotunda'.
18) 'F1: Old Dividend Office. North-East angle, showing doorway to Rotunda'.
19) 'F4: Old Dividend Office. North-East Angle - nearer view'.
20) 'F3: Old Dividend Office. Lantern'. Caryatids under lantern clearly visible.
21) 'F6: Old Dividend Office. Ornament on North-East Pendentive'.
22) 'F5: 'Old Dividend Office. One of end barrel vaults'.
23) 'S1: Public Drawing Office. Looking towards East-end'.
24) 'J1: Bank Stock Office. North Wall'.
25) 'J2: Bank Stock Office. South-East angle'.
26) 'J3: Bank Stock Office. South-East angle - nearer view'.
27) 'J4: Bank Stock Office. A Pendentive'.
28) 'R1: Chief Cashiers Office. View from Gallery'.
29) 'R2: Chief Cashiers Office. Detail of Pendentive'.
30) 'T1: Chief Cashiers Office - Dome'.
31) 'E1: Rotunda. View from Gallery'.
32) 'Q5: Princes Street Vestibule. Doorway to Accountants Bank Note Office'.
33) 'Q2: Princes Street Vestibule. Doorways to Loggia and Public Drawing Office'.
34) 'Q1: Princes Street Vestibule. Doorway to Princes Street'.
35) 'Q4: Princes Street Vestibule. Looking through to Loggia'.
36) 'Q3: Princes Street Vestibule. Dome'.
37) 'Q6: Princes Street Vestibule. Detail of Pendentive'.
38) 'H1: Bartholomew Lane Vestibule. North-East Angle'. Sign above door reads 'Bank Stock Office. Bank Stock. India and Foreign Government Stocks. To English Government Stocks. Transfer Office.' A fire hose is visible in a corner.
39) 'H4: Bartholomew Lane Vestibule. Eastern semi-dome'.
40) 'H3: Bartholomew Lane Vestibule. Western semi-dome'.
41) 'H2: Bartholomew Lane Vestibule. North Wall - looking up'. Sign above door reads 'Bank Stock Office. Bank Stock. India and Foreign Government Stocks.
42) 'H3: Bartholomew Lane Vestibule. Dome'.
43) 'D1: Lobby outside East end of Court Room'.
44) 'D60: Lobby outside East End of Court Room. Looking towards North-east corner'.
45) 'D61: Lobby outside East End of Court Room. Upper part'.
46) 'D62: Lobby outside East end of Court Room. Detail of Panels'.
47) 'D63: Lobby outside East-end of Court Room. Lantern'.
48) 'D64: Corridor from which suite is entered. Looking from Chief Accountants Office'.
49) 'D2: Corridor from which suite is entered. Looking towards Chief Accountant's Office'.
50) 'P5: Lobby at East End of Loggia. Looking towards Chief Cashiers Office'.
51) 'P6: Lobby at East End of Loggia. Ceiling'.
52) 'Z1: Steps at North side of Lobby connecting Pay Hall with Lobby at East end of Court Room'.
53) 'E2: Passage from Rotunda to Front Court Yard - seen from latter'.
54) 'E3: Passage form Rotunda to Front Courtyard - looking towards latter'.
55) 'E4: Passage from Rotunda to Front Courtyard. Detail of Ceiling'.
Between pages 210 and 211 are two loose pieces of tracing paper which appear to contain plans for renovating the building:
56) 'Old Dividend Office. Springing level of arches in side aisles raised to same level as springing of vaults'.
57) 'Old Dividend Office. Small arches in side aisles increased in height and width. New roof lights in [Soane Square ?] |
| Original Reference | 2098/4 |
| YearOpen | 2016 |
| Author | Yerbury, Frank R |
| Copyright | Architectural Association School of Architecture |
| Keyword | Architecture; Horology [UK Archival Thesaurus] |
| PhysicalDescription | Album |