are the same. The southern face occupies 719 feet, after 

 deducting the space in the centre which forms the entrance 

 from the Great Exhibition — a space which extends to 36 feet. 

 The breadth of the arcade throughout is 27 feet ; its height 

 20 feet. 



The arches of wliich the colonnade is composed are clustered 

 into groups of three, the dividing space between each group 



being 2 feet 3 inches in width. Each of the small arches or 

 windows has its sides formed of the double terra-cotta columns 

 above mentioned ; their base is 23 feet below the frieze above, 

 and each of the arches is 4 feet 2 inches wide, 13 feet in 

 height to the crown, and 11 feet to the spring. A portion of 

 the terra-cotta columns is divided by a band into two, the 

 remainder into four parts by three smaller bands, the length 

 of each shaft being 9 feet, and the height of each capital, 



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