. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'^ JOURNAL. THE NEV\' SYNAGOGUE. GREAT ST. HELEN'S BISHOPSGATE-STREET. J. DAVIES, ESQ., ;SIl'^^^'^"^.^''-L«.Afefe^W-^- d,MMi. SECTION. 10 !, I ' ' â ' I ' Scale of Feet, 10 I â 20 30 1 On tuming to the Index of our last, or w c .should say our first volume, our readers will there find the pages referred to, where wc have already spoken of this building. To the second account there given of it we have now little more to add, ex
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'^ JOURNAL. THE NEV\' SYNAGOGUE. GREAT ST. HELEN'S BISHOPSGATE-STREET. J. DAVIES, ESQ., ;SIl'^^^'^"^.^''-L«.Afefe^W-^- d,MMi. SECTION. 10 !, I ' ' â ' I ' Scale of Feet, 10 I â 20 30 1 On tuming to the Index of our last, or w c .should say our first volume, our readers will there find the pages referred to, where wc have already spoken of this building. To the second account there given of it we have now little more to add, except that the cuts will supply information as to various particulars not pointed out at pa^e '339. The section shows the general style of the interior, and the design of that end at which the ark is placed, also the arrangement of the lamps, and of some of the candelabra; but it conveys no idea of the effect, either as regards splendour of colour or perspective appear- ance. Most of our readers, however, will, so far from requiring to be reminded of this, be able to complete the picture for themselves, from No. 16,âJamvart, 1839, Vot, II, the sketch here given ; or shoidd they not have done so before, lliey will now most likely take an opportunity of visiting the building itself. We ourselves have not seen it since it was opened for service, but .should judge that it must look particularly rich ^hen lit up; though at such times the effect of the jiainted windows within the ark inust be lo>rânot, however, necessarily so, because a few gas- burners placed before them on the outside would show to perhaps even greater advantage than bv day, and would diffuse a brilliancy and glow over the upper part of that recess. We caimot conclude without congratulating Mr. Davies both on the opportunity he has had for displaying his taste, and the able manner mth which he has turned it to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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