Survey of London: St. James, Westminster. pt. 1. South of PiccadillyUniversity of London for the London County Council, 1960 |
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Page 43
... columns , whence the semi - cylindrical ceiling springs . On the hammer - pieces there are posts which rise vertically and catch the principals , thus causing the superior parts of those principals to be poised and steadied on the right ...
... columns , whence the semi - cylindrical ceiling springs . On the hammer - pieces there are posts which rise vertically and catch the principals , thus causing the superior parts of those principals to be poised and steadied on the right ...
Page 398
... columns have moulded bases , plain shafts originally of white marbled scagliola , and " Tower of the Winds ' capitals , each end column being paired with a square pillar . The entablature of each colonnade is returned across the east ...
... columns have moulded bases , plain shafts originally of white marbled scagliola , and " Tower of the Winds ' capitals , each end column being paired with a square pillar . The entablature of each colonnade is returned across the east ...
Page 414
... columns have dies of blue - veined white marble with Brocatello panels , and the column - bases are of white statuary , the fluted shafts of light Siena scagliola , and the Corinthian capitals are gilded . The upper entab- lature is ...
... columns have dies of blue - veined white marble with Brocatello panels , and the column - bases are of white statuary , the fluted shafts of light Siena scagliola , and the Corinthian capitals are gilded . The upper entab- lature is ...
Contents
General Introduction | 1 |
Little St Jamess Street and Catherine Wheel Yard 510 | 8 |
A St Jamess Square in 1821 1930 and 1960 Drawn by F A Evans | 18 |
Copyright | |
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Albans Albans's alterations anthemion arch architect architrave attic balusters balustrade band Brettingham brick builders building built carved ceiling central centre Charles Street chimneypiece church Club club-house columns Commissioners compartment containing Corinthian cornice Crown Crown Estate decorated dentil door doorcases doorway Doric Duke Street Earl of St east enriched entablature entrance erected façade feet festoons finished first-floor flanked fluted formed framed freehold frieze frontage gallery granted ground floor ground storey hall Haymarket James James's Square James's Street Jermyn Street King Street later lease London Lord Lord Belasyse Matthew Brettingham ment Messrs moulded architrave narrow Norfolk House oblong occupied Office opening original ornament painted Pall Mall panels parish paterae pedestal pediment Piccadilly pilasters plain Plate premises probably ratebooks rebuilding round-arched Royal Schomberg House Soane soffit south side stair staircase stone theatre Thomas trustees United Service Club upper vestry wall white marble William Yard