Plan and detail of three bays of the two-storey south facade of the colonnaded Board of Trade and Privy Council, probably done by C. J. Richardson as a student with Sir John Soane, second quarter of 19th century

Plan and detail of three bays of the two-storey south facade of the colonnaded Board of Trade and Privy Council. The projecting cornice over the central bay is supported by fluted giant Corinthian columns and these are flanked by attached columns. A balustrade at the basement level and along the roofline.

This drawing is 1 of a series of designs by Sir John Soane (on 13 sheets: 3306:38-48, E.297-1916 and 2822) for government offices facing Whitehall and for the proposed triumphal entry to Downing Street. The modified scheme was approved in 1824, partly built between 1824 and 1827, and much altered subsequently.
Soane’s designs for the Privy Council and Board of Trade Offices fall into two groups; those for the structure as it still stands, modified almost beyond recognition by later additions; and those for a vast scheme that would have doubled the impressive Whitehall frontage and included Downing Street into a grand ensemble.
This part-elevation of the Board of Trade wing, prepared for the printed lithograph 3306:197 that is also pl.9* of Designs for Public and Private Buildings, shows the same order of architecture employed at the Bank.
This design relates to that which is depicted in 3306:46.

This drawing was pasted into a copy of Sir John Soane's book Designs for Public and Private Buildings owned by Soane's assistant Charles James Richardson. Richardson built up a large collection of originals and copies (many of which he executed himself) of his master's designs, and distributed the bulk of them into two folio volumes, interspersed with the printed pages of the book. These volumes were bought by the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) in 1863.

This drawing is 1 of a series of designs by Sir John Soane (on 13 sheets: 3306:38-48, E.297-1916 and 2822) for government offices facing Whitehall and for the proposed triumphal entry to Downing Street. The modified scheme was approved in 1824, partly built between 1824 and 1827, and much altered subsequently.

3306:44