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Survey of London
… demised to Thomas "Bryhtman" as far as the latter's stone wall 88 feet. The garden contained at the end where it … in greate with hym made for the taking downe of a Toure of Stone and bricke at the Kings place within his paleis." While … of demolitions it may be remarked that some of the stone used for Whitehall was obtained from the destruction of …
Old and New London
… the Duchess of Portsmouth's lodgings, with all the stone gallery and buildings behind and down to the Thames." …
Old and New London
… was removed in 1847. Fifteen years or so previously a stone apartment with a groined roof, no doubt a portion of …
Old and New London
… a description by command of James I., in 1624. A large stone pedestal bore four dials at the four corners, and the … 1866. The building, Italian in style, is constructed of stone, and consists of three storeys, besides offices in the …
Old and New London
… Gallery," the "Matted Gallery," the "Shield Gallery," the "Stone Gallery," the "Adam and Eve Gallery" (so named from the … had made a park, walled and environed with brick and stone; and then devised and ordained many and singular … After its demolition most of the glazed bricks and stone dressings of this historical building, rich in two …
Old and New London
… M. Digby Wyatt, R.A. The buildings are faced with Portland stone; granite is used for the window-columns, and granite, … more bulky than that belonging to the India Office. In the stone-vaulted entrances through the India Office from Charles … Office from Downing Street, are columns each of a single stone, eleven feet high; the vaulting in each case is …
Survey of London
… has been re-fixed in the porch after some repair, and the stone ball-finials of the piers have also been preserved. Old …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… scribbling-mills, a tan-yard, and a colliery. The first stone of a church dedicated to St. Mary was laid on the 7th … the whole free. On the occasion of laying the first stone, a mallet and a silver trowel were presented to Mr. … of fertile land; the surface is varied. Coal and building-stone of good quality are abundant, and extensively wrought. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… of two storeys, formerly timber-framed, but refaced with stone and brick; the roofs are slate-covered. It was built … is of two storeys, timber-framed, and partly refaced in stone. It was built early in the 17th century, and has some … storey with attics, formerly timber-framed, but refaced in stone; the roofs are stone-covered. It was built late in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Aln; it now crosses the lower part of the parish by a stone bridge over the river. A fair for cattle held on August … and on the hills a thin loose mould abounding with clay-stone; the surface is boldly undulated, and the lower grounds … has its source in the adjoining parish of Sevenhampton. Stone is quarried to a considerable extent, and many of the …