The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . m, adorned with antae, and finished with a cornice. After the full description of the Church which has beengiven, it is almost needless to add, that the design is formedupon the model of a Grecian temple. The simplicity of the orderlias been most happily preserved, and the characteristics of thestyle rigidly attended to. In proof of this, it is only necessaryto remark that, if we except the catacombs, an arch is no whereto be seen in the building. Upon the whole, Brixton Churchis entitled to .rank among th
The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . m, adorned with antae, and finished with a cornice. After the full description of the Church which has beengiven, it is almost needless to add, that the design is formedupon the model of a Grecian temple. The simplicity of the orderlias been most happily preserved, and the characteristics of thestyle rigidly attended to. In proof of this, it is only necessaryto remark that, if we except the catacombs, an arch is no whereto be seen in the building. Upon the whole, Brixton Churchis entitled to .rank among the few specimens of truly classicalbuilding in the metropolis. The resemblance between the out-line of the West front, and that of the Tuscan Church of , Covent-garden, an edifice so often and so justly ad-mired, cannot fail to strike every one who has attentivelysurveyed the two buildings ; but, with all its intrinsic beau-ties, it is to be regretted that the present Church is not placedin the most fortunate situation. The edifice just mentioned has Tear As 3kturv of a l==D <*^
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