The Architectural magazine . ixround-headed windows of which are seenin the view) are carried up in the pillars,and emit their smoke from the pedestalsin the pediment. The area of the fish-market has latelybeen covered over, to protect the sales-mens stands from the weather. Thiscovering, which is supported in an elegantand original manner by pillars and beamsof cast iron, is of zinc; and it is kept farenough from the colonnades, and suffi-ciently low, to allow plenty of light to theshops on either side. This, and otherpoints of construction, will form the sub-ject of another aiticle. The buil
The Architectural magazine . ixround-headed windows of which are seenin the view) are carried up in the pillars,and emit their smoke from the pedestalsin the pediment. The area of the fish-market has latelybeen covered over, to protect the sales-mens stands from the weather. Thiscovering, which is supported in an elegantand original manner by pillars and beamsof cast iron, is of zinc; and it is kept farenough from the colonnades, and suffi-ciently low, to allow plenty of light to theshops on either side. This, and otherpoints of construction, will form the sub-ject of another aiticle. The buildings are constructed of graniteand brick, the latter being chiefly coveredwith cement; and on the outside, where thebricks are exposed to view, they are of apleasing colour, approaching that of roofs are covered with Welsh columns (which are of the Doricorder), the stairs, the pavement, a greatpart of the frontage, the quay, and thewater-stairs, are all of granite. The whole 60 22 Uuiigerford New length of the build-ings, from Hunger-ford Street to theriver front, is 475 in.; and the widthis 126 ft. It may beproper to notice here,as one of the pointsof great public im-provement connectedwith this market, that,for the narrow andinconvenient passagefrom the Adelphi intoHungerford Market,which was formerlya great thorough-fare, a spacious andlofty arcade has beensubstituted, in a linewith the centre ofDuke Street. Thisarcade was also erect-ed by the marketcompany, and pre-sents a handsomefa9ade towards theAdelphi, which pro-perly indicates theapproach to a grandpubHc edifice. When we considerthe peculiarity of thesite of this building,in regard to the formand declivity of theground, and how verysuitable it is for thepurposes it is intendedto serve; when weadd to this the roomyand convenient divi-sions of the market ;the absence of anglesor corners, where onevender might be moreremote or in greater Hujigerford New Market. 61
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