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Old and New London
… him, for we find that, "in consequence of Sir Christopher Wren's favourable report, he obtained leave to erect houses … indebted to him, we feel inclined to say, in the words of Wren's epitaph, Si monumentum requiris, circumspice." On the …
Old and New London
… till, by command of William III., Sir Christopher Wren erected a room for them at Hampton Court, in which they …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… was finished in 1682 from the designs of Sir Christopher Wren, who incorporated the lower stages of the 15th-century … and lead. It was built from the designs of Sir Christopher Wren and consecrated in 1684. The principal vestry was added … slates and lead. The house was designed by Sir Christopher Wren for the first Duke of Marlborough, the foundation stone …
Old and New London
… the beginning of the last century, when Sir Christopher Wren completed the two western towers. The first stone of the …
Old and New London
… made by Parliament for the same purpose. SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN'S DESIGN FOR THE COMPLETION OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY. In …
Old and New London
… of the ChurchDimensions of the BuildingThe West Front and Wren's Gothic TowersThe North Transept and "Solomon's … of course, a few exceptions, for do not Sir Christopher Wren, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Cockerell, and Turner, and … Chamberlain's statement that the skill of Sir Christopher Wren in the two western towers is "thought to exceed in point …
Old and New London
… and Earl Russell, among statesmen; Sir Christopher Wren; the eloquent and witty preacher, Dr. South; Bishop …
Old and New London
… on the eastern island, where its song is unmistakable; 24, wren, probably constant; 25, golden-crested wren, once only; 26, wood-pigeon, flying over in flocks in …
Old and New London
… to the new theatre in Salisbury Court, designed by Wren, and decorated, it is said, by Grinling Gibbons. It … the stage of the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields. Wren's new theatre in Dorset Gardens, an engraving of which …
Survey of London
… in this country. From the fact that on 20th August, 1663, Wren was instructed to "erect a large organ loft in the place … the water side." A design for the terrace is among the Wren drawings in the Library of All Souls' College, and is … (16th April, 1685) an order was issued to Sir Christopher Wren "to make a shed of boards very strong upon the leads …