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The Bank of England has been at its current home on Threadneedle Street in the City of London since 1734. Arguably, its most renowned building is that which was designed by architect Sir John Soane during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
9 de abr. de 2024 · Some of the finest are his rebuilding of the Bank of England (1788–1833; later rebuilt), Dulwich College Picture Gallery (1811–14), London, and his own house in London at 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields (1812–13), which is now Sir John Soane’s Museum.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Between 1925 and 1939, Bank of England architect Sir Herbert Baker demolished what had become known as 'the old Bank' or 'Soane's Bank'. The old Bank, designed by architect Sir John Soane, was regarded as one of London's architectural gems. Sir Herbert built a new headquarters for the Bank of England on the same 3.5-acre Threadneedle Street site.
Statue of Sir John Soane at the Bank of England, London. His travelling companion was Robert Furze Brettingham; they travelled via Paris, where they visited Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, and then went on to the Palace of Versailles on 29 March. They finally reached Rome on 2 May 1778.
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- 20 January 1837 (aged 83), 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England
- John Soan, 10 September 1753, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Today, the memory of Soane’s Bank of England is revered by architects worldwide for its spectacular use of natural light and mesmerizing effects of scale. To learn more about Sir John Soane and his Bank for England, please visit Sir John Soane’s Museum: www.soane.org.
During his career he won numerous high-profile projects, including the Bank of England (where he was architect for 45 years) and Dulwich Picture Gallery, and created his own extraordinary home and Museum on Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation. If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk. Sir John Soane's collection includes some 30,000 architectural, design and topographical drawings which is a very important resource ...
