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THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. 



[October, 



Tt cost ;£r.0,000. The principal buiUling consists of a large quad- 

 rangle of brick, open on the south side. The east and west wings 

 are each 3G5 feet in length, measured from the north front. In the 

 centre of the front and each of the wings are pediments of free stone, 

 supported hv doric columns. The internal centre is occupied by a 

 yestibule, terminating in a dome, and the whole length of the prmapal 

 building, from east to west, is 790 feet. 



In 1683, Wren was employed to build a palace at Winchester, for 

 the bishop! but a great part of it has since been pulled down. 



He was also employed to build a palace in the same city for 

 Charles H., (So. 20,) the foundation stone of which was laid on the 

 "Srd March, 1'383, by that monarch. This building was never com- 

 pleted and the remains are now converted into a barrack. The 

 design' for the original palace, is to be found in Milner's Winchester, 



vol. 1, p. 433. 



In 16S3, the Ashmolean Museum, at Oxford, was built, 

 i^t Clement's, Eastcheap, was begun in 16S3, and finished in 16S6, 

 Its'interior is a parallelogram, with an aile on the south side, sepa- 

 rated from the body of the church, by two columns, of the composite 

 order, rising from" very high plinths. The length is 64 feet, breadth 

 40 height 34. The height of the tower is 88 feet. 



in 1683, Wren built the Chapel of Queen's College, Oxford, which 

 is 100 feet long, and 30 broad. The design of the quadrangle, built 

 bv Hawksmoor, is also attributed to Wren. Hawksmoor was the pupil 

 of Wren, and his successor as Surveyor for building the fifty uew 

 churches 'under Queen Anne's act. Wren also jbuilt at Oxford, the 

 towers and other buildings at All Souls' College, in the pointed style, 

 (Xos. 7 and 8,) and the octagonal bell-tower of Christ Church College, 

 (Xo.oO,) which is also in the later pointed style, with a lantern and 

 dome, li'ghted by eight windows. . ., u • , , 



St. Bennet's Paul's Wharf, (So. 28,) said to be the burial place 

 of Ii'iigo Jones, was rebuilt in 1683. The interior, which is unim- 

 po'tant, is S7 ft. long, 60 feet broad, and 30 feet high. 



All-Hallows the Great, Thames Street, was built in 1683. It is 

 remarkable for a carved oak screen. The length of the church is 

 Sr feet, breadth 60 feet, and height 33 feet. The height of the tower 



is 86 feet. , ,„ „, 



St. James's, Westminster, (N'o. 27,) was built in lbS3. The exterior, 

 of brick, is plain. In the interior Wren made some exertion ; the roof 

 is arche'd, supported by twelve Corinthian columns, and the ceiling 

 panelled and decorated. The length of the building is S4 feet, breadth 

 63 feet, height 42 feet. The height of the steeple 149 feet. 



The 'gate of the Temple in Fleet Street was built by Wren in 1684. 



St, Martin's, Ludgate, was built in 1684. The tower rises from 

 the ground in the centre of the front, and is surmounted with a spire. 

 The length of the church is 57 feet, breadth 66 feet, height 59 feet. 

 The height of the steeple is 168 feet. The cost of the church, 

 £5378 ISs. 8d.; the interior is formed into a Greek cross by four 

 composite columns, standing on high plinths. 



All Hallows', Bread-street (So. 15) is called of the Tuscan order. 

 It is of stone, and was built in 16S4, and the steeple in 1697. The 

 length of the church is 72 feet, breadth 35 feet, and height 30 feet. 

 The tower, 86 feet high, is of stone, built square, and decorated ; the 

 keystones over the windows being carved heads, and between each a 



large festoon. 



St. Marv Magdalen's, Old Fish Street, was built in 1685. It is a 

 substantial fabric, with a bell-tower at the north-west corner. The 

 south-east and east ends display a series of circular-headed windows, 

 with trusses supporting a continued cornice above. The length of 

 the church is 60 feet, width 48 feet, height 30 feet. The cost was 

 £4291. 128. M. 



St. Benet's, Gracechurch Street, (So. 9,) was built in 1685. It is 

 60 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 32 feet high. The height of the 

 tower and spire is 149 feet. The cost of the building was 

 £3583 9s. 5d. 



St. Matthew's, Friday Street, (No. 56,) was built in 1685. The east 

 end presents a series of six circular-headed windows on a lofty stylo- 

 bate, surmounted with a cornice and balustrade. The interior, 60 



feet long, 33 feet broad, and 33 ft. high, is plaui with a flat ceiling. 

 The height of the tower is 74 feet. The cost of the building was 

 £K8l8s;2(f. 



St. Alban's, Wood Street, (Xo. 42,) in the bter pointed style, was 

 built in 1685, and is a bad restoration of the old building. The length 

 of the church is 56 feet, breadth 59 feet, height 33 feet, and height 

 of the tower 92 feet. 



St. Marv's, Abchurch Lane, was rebuilt in 168S. Tlie interior is 



65 feet long, 60 feet wide, and 51 feet hrgli, covered with a large and 



handsome cupcla, supported on a modillion cornice, and decorated 



with paintings by Sir James ThomhiU. The height of the tower and 



spire is 140 fl. 



St. Andrews', Holborn (Xo. 43) was built in 1686. The interior is 



large. It is divided into a nave and side ailes by pillars carrying a 

 wagon-headed ceiling. The length is 105 feet, breadth 63 feet, and 

 height 43 feet. The height of the tower is 110 feet. 



In 1687, Christ Church, Newgate Street, (No. 6,) was begun, and 

 finished in 1704. The interior is divided into a nave and side ailes 

 by small Corinthian columns, supporting a wagon-headed ceiling. 

 The length is 114 feet, breadth 61 feet, and height 38 feet. The 

 height of the steeple is 153 feet. It is a pleasing object at a distance, 

 but is a confused composition, although its parts are well propor- 

 tioned. 



St. Lawrence, Jewry (No. 22), the corner of Cateaton-street, was 

 began 12th April, L67I, and finished 1686. The interior consists of 

 oue large area, with an aisle on tlie north side, formed by Corinthian 

 columns carrying an enriched entablature, standing on a plinth, and 

 supportintr a pediment, the inter-columniation being occupied by two 

 windows and a niche. The extreme angles of the front are terminated 

 by pilasters, between which and the columns are other niches. The 

 steeple is 130 feet high. 



St. Margaret Pattens, Fenchurch-street (No. 36), built in 16S7, con- 

 sists of a nave and aile, and chancel. The walls are decorated with 

 Corinthian pilasters. The ceiling is flat, having a square of fretwork, 

 and the arches similarly adorned. The length of the church is 66 

 feet, breadth 53 feet, height 32, and of the tower and spire 198 feet 

 2 inches. 



St. Margaret's, Lothbury (No. 49), was erected in 1690. Consists of 

 a nave, an°d decorated with Corinthian pilasters, and an aile formed 

 by two columns of the same order. The ceiling is coved. The 

 length is 66 feet, breadth 54 feet, and height 36 feet. The tower and 

 spire 140 feet high. 



The church of St. Edmund the King, Lombard-street (No. 51), was 

 also built in 1690. In it was buried, in 1563, Edward Shute, author of 

 a folio called " The First and Chiefe Grounds of Architecture," being 

 one of the first English works on practical architecture. The interior 

 of the church is plain, surmounted with a dome or skylight, but it is 

 well fitted up. The length is 60 feet, width 39 feet, height 33 feet. 

 The height of the tower and spire, which are much ornamented in 

 an incongruous manner, is 90 feet. 



St. Andrews of the Wardrobe was built in 1672. The interior is 

 divided by 12 square Tuscan pillars, in two stories, into a nave and 

 ailes, surmounted with a camerated celling, formed into panels. 

 The length is 79 feet, breadth 59 feet, and the height 38 feet. The 

 interior is plain. The height of the tower is 66 feet. The cost of 

 the building was £7060 168. Ud. 



In 1690, the College of Physicians, Newgate-street (No. 52), was 

 finished. It is now converted into a meat market, and the upper part 

 of the theatre into a brass foundry. The anatomical theatre, lighted 

 by a lantern, was well designed for both seeing and hearing. 



In 1692 Wren built Morden College at Blackheath (No. 46). It is 

 ofbrick, with stone quoins and cornices, forming a quadrangle, sur- 

 rounded with a colonnade. In the interior is a chapel. 



In 1694, All Hallows', Lombard-street, was built. The interior is 

 fine, being subdivided, and is 64 feet long, 52 feet broad, and 30 feet 

 high. The tower is 85 feet high, and with the rest of the exterior is 

 quite plain. 



St. Mary, Somerset, Thames-street (No. bO), was erected m 1695. 



