. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. 57. By the Fvedera, vol. xviii. p. 99., we find that there was issued to him, in conjunctionwith the Earl of Arundel and others, a coipmission to prevent the building on new found-ations within two miles of London and the palace of Westminster ; and in 1620 he was, ifpossible, more uselessly employed by James I. in guessing, for it was no more, who werethe builders of Stonehenge. For this last, the necessary preliminary information had noteven dawne
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. 57. By the Fvedera, vol. xviii. p. 99., we find that there was issued to him, in conjunctionwith the Earl of Arundel and others, a coipmission to prevent the building on new found-ations within two miles of London and the palace of Westminster ; and in 1620 he was, ifpossible, more uselessly employed by James I. in guessing, for it was no more, who werethe builders of Stonehenge. For this last, the necessary preliminary information had noteven dawned, although Walpole, in his usual off-hand manner, loses not, in alluding to it, tlieojjportunity of displaying his own dreadful ignorance on the subject. (See Chap. II. Sect. II.,where this monument has been examined.) In the year last named, Jones was one of thecommissioners for the repair of old St. Pauls, though the repairs were not commenced till16, in which year Laud, then Bishop of London, laid the first stone, and Inigo Jonesthe fourth. Our architect was now too much disinclined to Gothic to bend his genius to Fro nt to the Park. Front to *»iftr-«>j<n^.jj| the Hi V er 208 nisrORY OF AllCm riXTLHE. B<: I. aiiytliing in tlic shape of a restoration ; and tliouf^li the Roman portico which he placedlicfore the cliuicli was magnificent, the application of Roman to Gothic architecture ofcourse ruined the cathedral. Tlie reader will find a representation of this ])ortico inDugdales St- Punls. Ai)stractedly considered, it was a fine composition ; and its dimen-sions, of a length of 200 ft., a depth of 50 ft., and a height of 40 ft., were calculated to giveit an imposing etfect. 4.)8. The Banqueting House at Whitehall, which we have pride in quoting as one ofthe most magnificent works in Europe, has generally been supposed to have been erected inthe reign of Charles I.; but there is sufficient reason for assigning the period of its executionto the preceding reign.
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