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Survey of London
… windows. The ground storey forms a base for a giant Corinthian order of plain-shafted columns and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and which is provincially called the "quoit," or the "giant's quoit." Celts have been found here more abundantly … There are considerable remains of a vallum called the "Giant's Hedge," which appears to have been originally about …
Survey of London
… entrance porch, the doorway having a niche above it and giant pilasters at either side supporting an open triangular …
Old and New London
… if only for the celebrated line"Throw but a stone, the giant dies." A happy image, in singularly small compass. …
Survey of London
… decorative feature, the box parapet projecting between two giant Corinthian plainshafted columns rising through two … The proscenium opening, 26 feet wide, was framed with giant pilasters having panelled shafts capped with scrolls, … containing a stage door and two boxes superimposed between giant Doric pilasters, their plain shafts painted to resemble …
Survey of London
… a combined capacity of over 14,000 tons, including two giant tanks named 'Reliance' and 'Excellent' with individual …
Survey of London
… factories and wharves. The refreshment-house, with its giant teapot and steaming cuppa picked out in dark brick, f …
Survey of London
… each house three windows wide. The present No. 149 has one giant angle pilaster at the north end of the first and second …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… local note was William Ball (1795-1852), the 'Shropshire giant', a 40-stone shingler at Horsehay ironworks. 16 O.S. …