8(|. *T. PAUL’S CArnEDRAL dO) 
^•ooh"!i parish, near Helston, in Cornwall, 
stone, commonly called 
'1 fvkT'"/- j"; “te top^slone. It was 
C ti ’T nicely poised o--anotl,er 
tm in K f cf n ""“J® visited 
ravellers; but Shrabsail, the Governor of Pendennis 
^astle ,; V V me c:.overnor ot Pendennis 
^j ‘e,^undei Cromwell, caused :t to be undermined, by the 
Jltere c Srief of tire country, 
^ble °™® ntatks of the tool on it j and it seems pro- 
^®fcwy * “■‘™S«lar shape, that it was dedicated to 
ST. Paul’s cathedral, 
ornament of Lond ,m is the Cathedral 
’ which stands in the centre of the 
°n an eminence rising frotn the valley of the 
QVcr .1, n® body of the church is in t.he form of a cross 
figure intersect each 
<^11161 ‘‘nes of tha'c caui 
L, . rises a stately dome, from the f.op of which springs a 
SQOrnso Wlfn r^/yrniflTioT^ i < ^ 
Corinthian C 0 lu-.nns, and su^ZXf at 
tli n ^ balcony j on the lantern rests a gilded ball, and 
'^'fic'e crowning the ornaments of the 
fn’ , ‘®ngth ot the church, including the portico, is 
4n i breadth 282 ; the height to the top of the 
. exterior diameter of the dome 145 : and the 
if building 2,202 feet. A dwarf 
pch ,/' 1 “ balustrade of cast iron, surrounds 
^*^’i *^®l’^nites a large area, which is properly the 
'^'li f ® ®P'>eious carriage and foot- way on the 
■I'liA f ® Pavement on the north. 
are great: but the 
i.r^PonirvA • ° , V cjcgauce or its 
Ii! 'I'e w ■'i'f ^ f ‘f noblest edifices 
at t) ^ woild. It is adorned with three porticos ; 
f cntraticc, facing the west, and running 
tl'* facip ‘ '® opening ot Liidgate Street ; and the othe- 
aisi? * ' j ai d south, at the extremities of the 
^^fii I *^* ^”*^ corresponding in their architecture. The 
lf*'y SriP nuich grace and magnificence 
^*y Cor'^* world. It consists of twelve 
uithian coh’ ans below, and eight composite above, 
>enr„c,i J • “■= sieai; out tire 
i-r of the design and I he beauty and elegance of its 
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