A pictorial and descriptive guide to Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport with excursions by river, road and sea . nstitute. The mainbuilding, erected in 1818, is an excellent specimen of theGrecian Doric Order, with a portico of four includes a Lecture Hall containing reproductions ofantique statues and casts of fragments from the friezesand metopes of the Parthenon ; and also a Museum,with collections illustrating the fauna and flora, miner-alogy, geology, and antiquities of the district. Theantiquities include an interesting series found in aRomano-British cemetery near Mount Batte
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport with excursions by river, road and sea . nstitute. The mainbuilding, erected in 1818, is an excellent specimen of theGrecian Doric Order, with a portico of four includes a Lecture Hall containing reproductions ofantique statues and casts of fragments from the friezesand metopes of the Parthenon ; and also a Museum,with collections illustrating the fauna and flora, miner-alogy, geology, and antiquities of the district. Theantiquities include an interesting series found in aRomano-British cemetery near Mount Batten. In thegarden is a fine Norman doorway, which formed partof the old almshouses in Catherine Street, removed tomake room for the present Guildhall. George Street ends at the Theatre, changing its nameto Millbay Road, which leads to the Great WesternRailway terminus. Here is the imposing Duke ofCornwall Hotel, an excellent example of freely-treatedModern Gothic, differing in style from any other buildingin the town. It was erected at a cost of ^40,000. Adjoining the Hotel is the Millbay Recreation Ground, a.
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