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A New History of London
… hall, which is 153 feet long, 48 feet broad, and 55 feet high; and is capacious enough to hold 7000 persons. This room … Sir John Langham; and measures 81 feet long, 68 broad, 40 high to the roof; and the steeple is 130 feet high. The body is enlightened by two series of windows; the …
A New History of London
… neat and plain, of fine stone, 66 feet long, 54 broad, 36 high to the roof, and 140 feet to the top of the steeple. The … with stone, is 78 feet long, 24 broad, 36 feet to the roof high, and 88 feet to the top of the tower and pinnacles, …
A New History of London
… balustrade. From the centre rises a square tower 178 feet high, diminishing by three stages; but notwithstanding the … area is erected, on a marble pedestal, about eight feet high, another statue of king Charles II. in a Roman habit, … structure, 80 feet long, 47 feet broad, 40 feet high to the roof, and 140 feet to the top of the steeple. The …
A New History of London
… marble and purbeck stone, wainscoted about twelve feet high; and the screen at the west end, where are two arched … It is 114 feet in length, 63 feet in breadth, 32 feet high to the roof, and the tower, with the turret, 122 feet in … rest of the body is plain, and the windows are raised so high, that the doors open under them. The tower consists of …
A New History of London
… the whole city on Michaelmas-day, and who enters on his high office the 9th of November following 1. The government … the manner of election has several times varied. These high officers constitute a second part of the city …
A New History of London
… planned. It is 87 feet long, 60 feet broad, and 33 feet high to the roof: built of stone, strong and solid. The walls … breadth, are not numerous. The tower is 86 feet high, plain, square, and divided into five stages, but …
A New History of London
… to the uses of the first and second master. They are high and narrow, consisting of three stories, each story of … ornamented with fretwork; the wall is wainscotted 14 feet high, and adorned with the bust of Dr. Gideon Delaun, … at his death, and his body placed in a shrine above the high altar, where it remained the admiration of succeeding …
A New History of London
… of St. Andrew's parish without the freedom; on the west by High-Holborn, and St. Clement's parish in the Strand; and on … are carried on in a large open area, enclosed with a high wall. This is properly the prison belonging to the court … of late years the heads of such as have been executed for high treason have been fixed. Temple. Of the several inns of …
A New History of London
… decently ornamented. It is 63 feet long, 43 broad; 36 feet high to the roof, and 135 to the top of the spire. The tower … a balustrade. The tower is square, well proportioned, and high; crowned with a vase at each corner, supported on a very …
A New History of London
… the uppermost of which is a magnificent room fifteen feet high, that runs almost the whole length of the building: this … others on the inside, support a plain building two stories high, which contains two coffee houses, to which there are … and agreeably disposed within. The steeple is 125 feet high, and well constructed in the gothic manner. The tower is …