Fifty years ago . CHARING CBOSS IN THE PEESENT DAY of Somerset House, and that is nearly all modern,having been erected in 1776-1786 on the site of theold palace. The Strand, indeed, is very much altered since theyear 1837. At the west end the removal of Northum-berland House has been followed by the building of the 38 FIFTY YEARS AGO Grand Hotel, and the opening of the NorthumberlandAvenue : the Charing Cross Station and Hotel havebeen erected : two or three new theatres have beenadded : Temple Bar has been taken down—in any othercountry the old gate would have been simply left stand-ing, bec
Fifty years ago . CHARING CBOSS IN THE PEESENT DAY of Somerset House, and that is nearly all modern,having been erected in 1776-1786 on the site of theold palace. The Strand, indeed, is very much altered since theyear 1837. At the west end the removal of Northum-berland House has been followed by the building of the 38 FIFTY YEARS AGO Grand Hotel, and the opening of the NorthumberlandAvenue : the Charing Cross Station and Hotel havebeen erected : two or three new theatres have beenadded : Temple Bar has been taken down—in any othercountry the old gate would have been simply left stand-ing, because it was an ancient historical monument;they would have spared it, and made a roadway oneither side: the rookeries which formerly stood on the. TEMPLE BAR north side close to the Bar have been swept away, andthe Law Courts stand in their place—where the rooksare gone it is impossible to say. I myself dimly re-member a labyrinth of lanes, streets, and courts on thissite. They were inhabited, I believe, by low-classsolicitors, money-lenders, racing and betting men, andby all kinds of adventurers. Did not Mr. Altamonthave chambers here, when he visited Captain Costigan LONDON IN 1837 39 in Lyons Inn ? Lyons Inn itself is pulled down, and onits site is the Globe Theatre. As for churches, there has been such an enormousincrease of churches in the last fifty years, that it seemschurhsh to lament the loss of half a dozen. But thishalf-dozen belongs to the City : they were churches THE ROYAL COUETS OF JUSTICE built, for the most part, by Wren, on the site of ancientchurches destroyed in the Fire : they were all hal-lowed by old and sacred associations: many of themwere interesting and curious for their architecture : in aword, they
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