Manifold as are the publications which represent the
various structures of the metropolis, this is the only
work which describes them, not _ad libitum_, in
views which, even when perfectly correct, show no
more than the general aspect and locality of each
building from a certain point, and consequently afford
no information beyond mere external appearance—but
exhibits them _architecturally_ by means of plans,
elevations, and occasionally both sections and interior
perspective views. Thus a far more complete and correct
knowledge may be obtained of each edifice, in its
entire arrangement in all its parts and dimensions,
than by pictorial views of them.
As studies for the Architect, the subjects contained
in these volumes strongly recommend themselves,—more
particularly so, as of the majority of them no plans
and elevations are to be met with in any other
publication, which materially enhances the interest
of this collection, and it preserves to us authentic
and tolerably complete records of many buildings
which no longer exist. Among these are CARLTON
HOUSE, illustrated with several plates, including
sections, and a plan of the private apartments; the
late ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE; MR. NASH’S GALLERY, which
has since been dismantled of its embellishments;
THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, and the BOARD OF TRADE.
Among the new subjects introduced in this new
edition will be found:—The New Plan and Elevation
of the BRITISH MUSEUM—NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT—ROYAL
EXCHANGE—ARMY AND NAVY CLUB—NEW CONSERVATIVE
CLUB—REFORM CLUB—MUSEUM OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY—MANSION
OF THE EARL OF ELLESMERE (Bridgewater House); together
with several Plans of Basements, showing kitchens and
domestic offices, and conveniences not hitherto given.
List of Plates and short abstract of Subjects.
Adam, R., architect.—All Saints’ Church, Poplar.—All
Souls’ Church, Langham Place.—Ancient
Theatres.—Astley’s Amphitheatre.
Beazley, S., architect.—Berlin, theatre at.—Bordeaux,
theatre at.—St. Bride’s Church, Fleet Street;
spire, interior, and altar-piece.—Burton, Decimus,
architect.
Chelsea, church of St. Luke at.—Churches,
remarks on galleries in.—Cockerell, C. R.,
architect.—Colosseum.—Covent Garden, St. Paul’s
Church.—Covent Garden Theatre.
Dimensions of domes.—Diorama.—Domes, table of
dimensions of the principal ones.—Drury Lane
Theatre.—Dunstan’s, St., in the East, tower
of.—Dunstan’s, St., in the West, Fleet Street.
Elmes, Mr., his plan for improving the area around
St. Paul’s.—English Opera House.
Gallery, Royal, and staircase, House of
Lords.—George’s, St., in the East.—George’s, St.,
Bloomsbury, its steeple.—Gibbs, James, architect.
Halls, dimensions of.—Hanover Chapel.—Hardwick,
T., architect.—Hawksmoor, Nicholas,
architect.—Haymarket Theatre.—Henry the Seventh’s
Chapel.—Hosking, Mr.—Hope, Mr.—House of Lords,
staircase, and Royal gallery.
Inwood, Messrs., architects.
James’s, St., Piccadilly.—James’s, St.,
Theatre.—Jones, Inigo, architect.
Knights Templars.—Knights Hospitallers.
Law Courts, Westminster.—Lyceum Theatre.
Mary, St., Woolnoth, church of.—Mary-le-bone
Church, account of.—Mary-le-Bow, St., church,
steeple.—Mikhaelov, architect.—Moller,
architect.—Monuments, at St. Paul’s.
Nash, J., architect.—Newman, J., architect.
Opera House, Italian.
Paul’s, St., Cathedral; description of the former
cathedral; history of the present edifice;
description; compared with St. Peter’s;
monumental sculpture.—Paul’s, St., Covent
Garden.—Peter-le-Poor, St., church of.—Porticoes,
remarks on, by J. B. Papworth.—Pugin, A.,
architect.
Ralph, his opinion on St. Stephen’s, Walbrook;
St. Paul’s, Covent Garden.—Repton, G. S.,
architect.—Royal Amphitheatre, Westminster.
Savage, James, architect; his justification of
the tower of Chelsea Church.—Shaw, J.,
architect.—Smirke, Sir R., architect.—Soane, Sir
J., architect.—Spires, remarks on.—Stephen’s,
St., Walbrook.
Temple Church, history; monuments;
description.—Theatres, remarks on,—Thomond,
architect.
Walbrook, St. Stephen’s.—Walpole, Horace, his opinion
of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden.—Westminster
Abbey.—Westminster Hall.—Willement, T., painted
window by, in St. Dunstan’s West.—Wilson, E. J.,
remarks on spires by; description of Westminster
Hall.—Wren, Sir Christopher.—Wyatt, Benjamin,
architect.
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Abraham, R., architect.—Adam, Robert,
architect.—Arch, Green Park.—Ashburnham House.
Bank of England, account of; New Dividend Pay
Office—Basevi, G., architect.—Banqueting
House, Whitehall.—Barry, C., architect.—Barry,
James, painter.—Belgrave Square.—Bethlehem
Hospital.—Blackfriars’ Bridge.—Bonomi, Jos.,
architect.—Bridges, London Bridge.—British
Museum, account of; description of the new
building.—Brooks, W., architect.—Burlington
House—Burton, D., architect.
Carlton Palace.—Chambers, Sir W., architect.—Christ’s
Hospital, new Hall.—Club House, Travellers’.—Club
House, Union.—Club House, University.—Cockerell,
C. R., architect.—College of Physicians,
Warwick Lane.—College of Physicians, Pall Mall
East.—Column, the York.—Corn Exchange.—Cornwall
Terrace.—County Fire Office.—Custom
House.—Cunningham, Allan.
Dance, Mr., architect.—Dodd, Ralph, engineer.
Eaton Square.
Fishmongers’ Hall; former building; new Hall; interior
described.—Freemasons’ Hall.
Galleries, dimensions of various.—Gandy-Deering,
architect.—George’s, St., Hospital.—George’s,
St., Bloomsbury, portico of.—Grecian architecture,
modern, remarks on.—Greenough’s, Mr., Villa.
Holkam House.—Holland, H., architect.—Hope’s,
Mr., House.—Horse-Guards.—Hospital,
Bethlehem.—Hospital, St. George’s.
India House.—Intercolumniation, remark on the term.
Jones, Inigo.—Jupp, R., architect.
Kendall, H. E., architect.—Kent, W.,
architect.—King’s College.
Labelye, architect.—Lewis, J. architect.—Libraries,
dimensions of some.—London Institution—London
University.—London Bridge, the old one; the new
one.
Mansion House.—Mark’s, St., North Audley Street.—Museum,
British.—Museum, Soanean.—Mylne, R., architect.
Nash, J., architect.—Nash’s, J., House and
Gallery.—National Gallery.—Newgate.
Palace, Buckingham; interior; sculpture gallery; state
apartments.—Papworth’s remarks on Somerset House;
on English Villas.—Pimlico Institution, portico
of.—Pitts, W., sculpture by.—Ponz, remark by,
on the Royal Exchange.—Portico, St. George’s
Hospital;—National Gallery; London University;
St. Martin’s; St. George’s, Bloomsbury; Carlton
Palace.—Post Office.—Privy Council Office, &c.,
account of.
Ralph, Mr.—Regent’s Park.—Rennie, J., engineer.
—Roberts, H., architect.—Royal Exchange;
destruction of the building by fire.—Russell
Institution.
Sandby, T., architect.—Saunders, G., architect.—Shaw,
J., architect.—Sion Park Gateway.—Smirke, Sir
Robert, architect.—Smith, G., architect.—Soane,
Sir J., architect, his House and Museum.—Society
of Arts.—Somerset House.—Southwark Bridge.
Taylor, Sir R., architect.—Telford, Mr., his opinion
of the Mansion House. Temple Bar.—Terraces in
Regent’s Park.—Travellers’ Club House.
Vardy, Mr., architect.—Vauxhall Bridge.—Villa, Mr.
Burton’s.—Villa, Mr. Greenough’s.—Villa, Mr. Kemp’s.
Union Club House.—University Club House.—Uxbridge House.
Walpole, Horace, his character of Lord Burlington:
remark on Burlington House.—Ware, S.,
architect.—Waterloo Bridge.—Westminster
Bridge.—Wellington House.—Wilkins, W.,
architect.—Wren, Sir C., architect.
York Column.—York Stairs Water-gate, &c.