TO THE BiriLDIXG. 
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In this judgment the Subcommittee have coincided; and 
the Design which they now present to the General Com¬ 
mittee, will be found to exhibit a Grecian Doric front of 
about a hundred feet in length. 
Mr. Wiikins has observed, that there is very little correct 
Greek Architecture in the kingdom, and that the correct is 
not more expensive than that which is otherwise. In the 
present instance, tliere is every security that the true pro¬ 
portions of that noble Architecture will be preserved ; there 
is every security that the general effect will be fully obtained, 
which depends upon the contour of mouldings, and the light 
and shade arising from a strict attention to the mathematical 
sections of the ancient Architects ; for those sections and 
proportions have been studied and measured on classical 
ground, both by the Designer of the Elevation, and by the 
Architect ^ whom the Subcommittee have invited to super¬ 
intend the execution of it. 
The Architectural front is of a height which will comprise 
two stories. It is intended to be faced with stone, and is so 
prolonged as to mask the rest of the Building, which, being 
but one story high, and lighted by sky-lights, may be com¬ 
pletely concealed, in a short time, by plantation ; a disposition 
which, confining the expense of ornament to the front, may, 
it is hoped, satisfy the public taste, without too great a 
sacrifice of economical accommodation. 
Of the internal plan, which is founded upon one formerly 
furnished by Mr. Sharp, and adopted with a few alterations 
by Mr. Wilkins, it is only necessary to observe, that the 
R, H. Sharp, Esq. of York. 
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