Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . , is Trinity Church, whichwas built from the designs of Sir John Soane. Theprincipal front consists of a portico of four columnsof the Ionic order, approached by a small flight ofsteps ; on each side is a long window, divided intotwo heights by a stone transum (i)anelled). Eachof the windows is filled with ornamental iron-work, entablature, project, and give a very extraordinaryrelief in the perspective view of the building. Theupper part consists of a circular peristyle of sixcolumns, the example apparently taken fr
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . , is Trinity Church, whichwas built from the designs of Sir John Soane. Theprincipal front consists of a portico of four columnsof the Ionic order, approached by a small flight ofsteps ; on each side is a long window, divided intotwo heights by a stone transum (i)anelled). Eachof the windows is filled with ornamental iron-work, entablature, project, and give a very extraordinaryrelief in the perspective view of the building. Theupper part consists of a circular peristyle of sixcolumns, the example apparently taken from theportico of the octagon tower of AndronicusCyrrhestes, or tower of the winds, from the summitof which rises a conical dome, surmounted by the •vane. The more minute detail may be seen bythe engraving (page 294). The prevailing orna-ment is the Grecian fret. The Rev. Dr. Chandler,late Dean of Chichester, was for many years rectorof this church, in which he was succecdt;! byDean Elliot, and he again by the Rev. WilliamCadman. Euston Road.[{ A CHANGE FOR THE WORSE. 301. CAMDEN TOWN, FROM THE IIAMPS1 ;;AD KOAU. , 1780. (.fe /(/^V 305.) CHAPTER ROAD, HAMPSTEAD ROAD, AND THE ADJACENT NEIGHBOURHOOD. Not niiiiiy ago it was not so, I^ut rieasures had their passage to and fro, Which way soever from our Gates I went, I lately did behold with much content, The Fields bestrcwd with people all about ; Some paceing homeward and some passing out; Some by the Bancks of Thame their pleasure taking, Some Sulli bibs among the milk-maids making; With musique some upon the waters rowing ; Some to the adjoining Hamlets going. And Hogsdone, Islington, and Tothnam {sic) Court, For Cakes and Cream had then no small resort.—Britains Remembrancer. Pastoral Character of the Locality in the Last Century—The Euston Road—Statuary-yards—The Adam and Eve Tavern—I:s Tea-gardensand its Cakes and Creams—A Strange and Wonderful Fruit—Hogarths Picture of the March o
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