THE SOUTH DEVON 

 MONTHLY MUSEUM. 



PLYMOUTH, APRIL 1st, 1835. 



No. 28.] Price Sixpence. [Vol. V. 



DEVON PORT. 



The subjects of our engraving, this month, are the 

 Town Hall, the Column, and Mount Zion Chapel, 

 Devonport. 



For the drawing from which they were taken we 

 are highly indebted to John Foulston, Esq., who, 

 with great kindness, prepared it for the " Museum." 

 The favor which has thus been conferred upon us 

 was much enhanced by its being as unexpected as it 

 was unsoHcited. 



We believe our engraving is the most accurate 

 which has been presented to the pubhc. That in 

 " Fisher's Devonshire Illustrated " is incorrect in the 

 relative proportions ; the Column being much too 

 small in comparison with the other edifices. 



The three structures are enduring monuments of 

 the taste and skill of the architect, Mr. Foulston, to 

 whom Devonport and Plymouth are indebted for 

 the designs of so many classic public buildings. 



The Town Hall was designed from the Parthenon, 

 at Athens. The builder was the late Mr. Rickard, 

 of Devonport. It was commenced in 1821, and w^as 

 completed in the following year, at an expense of 

 £2902., which was raised by subscription, in shares. 

 The portico exhibits four Doric columns ; each 

 twenty-seven feet six inches in height, and five feet 

 six inches in diameter. Within its recess is a flight 

 of six steps, leading to the Hall itself, which is 



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