The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . the opposite side for ElizabethAshton. Against the south wall, is a sculptured tabletcommemorative of Richard Chiswell, an eminent bookseller,(ob. 1711.) and against the north wall is a monumentto Elizabeth Smith, displaying a cameo bust by Roubilliac,and a large tasteless monument to the memory of Zacha-riah Foxall, Esq. who died May 5, 1758. The facade, forming the subject of the accompanyingengraving, and the only portion of the church externallywith any architectural pretensions, is merely
The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . the opposite side for ElizabethAshton. Against the south wall, is a sculptured tabletcommemorative of Richard Chiswell, an eminent bookseller,(ob. 1711.) and against the north wall is a monumentto Elizabeth Smith, displaying a cameo bust by Roubilliac,and a large tasteless monument to the memory of Zacha-riah Foxall, Esq. who died May 5, 1758. The facade, forming the subject of the accompanyingengraving, and the only portion of the church externallywith any architectural pretensions, is merely a screen wall,placed between Aldersgate Street, and the east end of thechurch, and serves to form, withinside, an entrance porch tothe church, a vestry room, and a store room; with smallgalleries north and south looking into the church. Thisscreen was erected in 1831 : at which time a portion of 2 G 2 ST. BOTOLPHS, ALDERSGATE. ground at this end was given up to widen the is executed in Roman cement, and, as may be seen, con-sists of a pediment, and four attached Ionic columns, stand-. [Das™ ing in couples on a high plinth, with a large ill-proportionedPalladian window in the centre. The details of the en-tablature and pediment are very mean. The side walls ofthe building resemble those of a brew-house, rather thanof a church, On the south side of the church is a large burial-yard :and on the north, the street called Little Britain, whichhad its name from the circumstance, that therein at onetime, was situated the city residence of the Dukes of Bre-tagne. ALLIIALLOWS, LOMBARD STREET. This church, called in some records, Ecclesia omniumsanctorum, Garscherch, was founded during the Saxondominion in England. As early as the year 1053, welearn that it was given with the consent of ArchbishopStigand, by one Brihtmer a citizen, to the prior andchurch of Canterbury, with whom it continued until theywere displaced, to make way for a dean and chapter in1540. With the latter
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