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Old and New London
… been destroyed by fire. In 1220 Henry III. laid the first stone of a chapel, which was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, … a long epitaph, till within the last century, marked the stone where he lay, and another inscription was engraved on the stone where he fell. The Abbey was shut up for four months. …
Old and New London
… and Prebends proceeded, and arrived at the foot of the stone steps ascending to the throne, where they made another …
Old and New London
… of the roof, still continuing the Gothic manner in the stone-work and tracery. Something," he adds, "must be done to … pediment is only boarded, but ought undoubtedly to be of stone." The north side of the church is supported by nine … heathen gods aside, And shortly there, I fear, see rise In stone the whole Pantheon." Over the west door, and …
Old and New London
… boye that sold papers and prynted bokes with horlying of a stone, and yt hym under the ere in Westmynster Hall; the boy … ther in the Abbey; the boy ys a hossear sune aboyff London-stone." We have given at the commencement of this chapter Dr. … of George II., there were remains of "a prodigious strong stone building, of two hundred and ninety feet square, or …
Survey of London
… The original plan was to build a wooden superstructure on stone piers, but in 1739 the commissioners decided to have a bridge built entirely of stone. The foundations were laid in caissons, the first time … bodies into the river. 93 The bridge was built of Portland stone. A contemporary manuscript description of it runs: This …
Survey of London
… a gallery or showrooms for products of Coade's Artificial Stone Factory. It bore a tablet inscribed Coade's Row, 1798, … a boarded inclosure about four feet in height, painted as stone-work, is forty-four feet in diameter; the area is … of the church, is built in Kentish ragstone with Portland stone dressings, and is designed in the Early English style; …
Old and New London
… to say presently. Its walls on every side bear, carved in stone, the names of "Old Westminsters," with the dates of … This archway is in the centre of a lofty range of stone-built mansions, of modern construction, but erected in … descent to this primitive Temple of Diana was by several stone steps, for the pavement of the street was about level …
Old and New London
… The edifice," he adds, "is a mixture of brick and stone, with a broad flight of steps leading up to the door, …
Old and New London
… easily distinguished from its neighbours by a flight of stone steps, which James II. permitted the cruel favourite to …
Old and New London
… Dean of St. Paul's, laid in this street the first stone of the City of Westminster Literary, Scientific, and … court-yards, access to the whole being obtained by seven stone staircases of easy gradients, and from seven arched …