We looked at the Reduced Annuities (upper and lower) in the last post but one. I’m not happy with the narrow passage between the battlements and the Reduced Annuities Upper. Was it really like that? Could it be made wider by supporting the upper wall on the joist ends below? Flitch beams perhaps to support the load of masonry offset from the wall below? If the walkway was blocked here, how did the guards get around to the battlements along Threadneedle Street? Hmmm. Note the parapet and stair behind the barracks that I am trying to keep apart. Lots of questions, but we are definitely moving forward. Oh yes, those windows in the tower above the Rustic Lobby, groups of three in each side, but I guess the ones facing back into the upper storey were blind recesses. Something else to get…
TRIMMING THE EDGES
We’re going to walk around the edges of the Bank towards the North & the West: a series of narrow triangular spaces just behind the screen wall that need to be tidied up, elevated, re-assessed.