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I immediately thought it meant by height and was struggling to envisage why the lift would need a 2.6km deep shaft.
Libertyhall is right, and we've both seen (but not been allowed to copy/photograph) plans that show the location of the old lift shafts and electricity room. You can see them here, in low res, behind the lift shafts (it also shows the corridor extension, but is for an old version of the plan where the Wells Terrace entrance was due to survive, before the new Ticket hall was given planning permission):
https://cdn.londonreconnections.com/assets/finsburyplans.jpg
Not sure about a previous ticket hall though. I half-remember that it was always at the Station Place exit, which has been reconfigured several times over the decades.
Existing lift serves platforms 1&2.
New lift #1 serves 5&6 plus the northbound tube.
New lift #2 serves the southbound tube.
No lifts to platforms 3&4 or 7&8 - work starts in 2020 subject to DfT funding.
It's absolutely awesome, as are the exhibitions detailing the history of the line.