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pretty window of this character in Victoria Street ; such windows 

 add much to the appearance of a house. Then we have so many 

 pretty patterns in bricks, too, which could be readily adapted, as 

 well as the various ornaments for architectural purposes made in 

 terra-cotta. Many of these inexpensive things, judiciously used, 

 would add much to the beauty of our houses, whether of a large 

 or small size ; and if a few good examples were erected, there is 

 no doubt they would be speedily imitated, to the manifest im- 

 provement of our street architecture. The only wonder is, that 

 with so many advantages which our ancestors did not possess, we 

 have done so little in giving to the exteriors of our dwellings an 

 artistic and pleasant appearance ; whilst they, with the moderate 

 means at their command, did so much in this way. 



Plates of Large's Almshouses, brick houses in St. Peter's 

 Churchyard and Walker Lane, Mr. Gadsby's, Tenant Street, 

 and the old Mansion House at Hilton, will appear in the next 

 part of this Journal, together with any further information 

 that may be gathered relating to this subject. 



