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aloft as the city ^ s approached from London Bridge , or departed from by Finsbiiry , or springing above the forest of the spires , which form such a grand group from Westminster , and to which the new towers of Westminster afford &^ the gazer fro m the city bridges . As we have said the temptation is a strong one , and the wealthy inhabitants of Cornhill Ward may give way to it .
Another task of Mr . Scott ' s which is alloyed with no such regret is the repair of the tower of St . Sepulchre ' s . This has been for some time in a ruinous state , and Mr . Scott having been called in found it needful to advise its repair , which is to be forthwith proceeded with . The church w as named after the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem , and the tower seems to have been built about 1440 ; was repaired from 1624 to 1634 ; was injured in the great fire in . 1666 , when the church was destroyed ; and was restored in 1670 . \
Wren ' s works in the city have found worse enemies than Mr . Scott in the Bishops of London . The present Bishop of London , following in the steps of his predecessor Blomfield , has his eye on the city churches with a view to their destruction , the sale of the sites , and the formation of new churches and livings in the suburbs . He has made a tour of some of the churches , in which he has seen so many interesting objects of antiquity , as in those of St . Andrew Undershaft , St . Catherine Cree , St . Olave ' s
Hartstreet , and St . Helen ' s Bishopsgate , that we hope he will stay his hand with them at all events . He has , however , brought to the notice of the committee of the Lords now sitting that there are several churches in the city wdth small congregations or none , and which he proposes to confiscate . These churches include several fine works of Wren . It will be quite bad enough , and quite enough to concede to him the appropriation of the
livings , which are however chiefly derived from the tithes , so that he may transport the clergymen to the suburbs , but it will be a still greater injustice to the inhabitants to deprive them of these buildings and open spaces , and to destroy noble structures , many of which are well suited for halls of meeting , and might easily be converted into lecture halls and free libraries , which are much wanted .
While we have the name of Wren before us we may remind our Brethren that a very fine medal of him is included in the Art Union series . We find by the report made to the meeting in the end of last month that there are besides medal of the architects Inigo Jones , Vanbrugh and Chambers . A paper war is now raging under the auspices of Professor Hosking of King ' s College , London , who has published a large pamphlet with engravings , putting forward a claim to the authorship of the domed library in the British Museum . He says that years since he proposed to place there a copy
or repetition of the Pantheon at Rome . Mr . Panizzi denies that the library is a copy from the Pantheon or that it owes anything to Mr . Hosking ' s designs , which are of character altogether different . The Professor has been roughly handled by some , as professing copyism in proposing to set up mere imitations of ancient buildings , and as hotly defended by the classicists , Avho say that it would be a great feat to endow London with a copy of the Pantheon . The Professor is not hopeless of accomplishing his object , for he proposes to annex a copy of the Pantheon to the National Gallery in its intended enlargement .
Among the buildings which now attract notice is the grand facade of the National Discount Office , fronting Cornhill , commanding Royal Exchange Buildings and what may be called the small place to the east of the Royal Exchange , and having a side facade in Birchin-lane . It is in the French or later Renaissance style , and if with little originality of treat-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Oue Ahcb[Itectijral Summary.
aloft as the city ^ s approached from London Bridge , or departed from by Finsbiiry , or springing above the forest of the spires , which form such a grand group from Westminster , and to which the new towers of Westminster afford &^ the gazer fro m the city bridges . As we have said the temptation is a strong one , and the wealthy inhabitants of Cornhill Ward may give way to it .
Another task of Mr . Scott ' s which is alloyed with no such regret is the repair of the tower of St . Sepulchre ' s . This has been for some time in a ruinous state , and Mr . Scott having been called in found it needful to advise its repair , which is to be forthwith proceeded with . The church w as named after the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem , and the tower seems to have been built about 1440 ; was repaired from 1624 to 1634 ; was injured in the great fire in . 1666 , when the church was destroyed ; and was restored in 1670 . \
Wren ' s works in the city have found worse enemies than Mr . Scott in the Bishops of London . The present Bishop of London , following in the steps of his predecessor Blomfield , has his eye on the city churches with a view to their destruction , the sale of the sites , and the formation of new churches and livings in the suburbs . He has made a tour of some of the churches , in which he has seen so many interesting objects of antiquity , as in those of St . Andrew Undershaft , St . Catherine Cree , St . Olave ' s
Hartstreet , and St . Helen ' s Bishopsgate , that we hope he will stay his hand with them at all events . He has , however , brought to the notice of the committee of the Lords now sitting that there are several churches in the city wdth small congregations or none , and which he proposes to confiscate . These churches include several fine works of Wren . It will be quite bad enough , and quite enough to concede to him the appropriation of the
livings , which are however chiefly derived from the tithes , so that he may transport the clergymen to the suburbs , but it will be a still greater injustice to the inhabitants to deprive them of these buildings and open spaces , and to destroy noble structures , many of which are well suited for halls of meeting , and might easily be converted into lecture halls and free libraries , which are much wanted .
While we have the name of Wren before us we may remind our Brethren that a very fine medal of him is included in the Art Union series . We find by the report made to the meeting in the end of last month that there are besides medal of the architects Inigo Jones , Vanbrugh and Chambers . A paper war is now raging under the auspices of Professor Hosking of King ' s College , London , who has published a large pamphlet with engravings , putting forward a claim to the authorship of the domed library in the British Museum . He says that years since he proposed to place there a copy
or repetition of the Pantheon at Rome . Mr . Panizzi denies that the library is a copy from the Pantheon or that it owes anything to Mr . Hosking ' s designs , which are of character altogether different . The Professor has been roughly handled by some , as professing copyism in proposing to set up mere imitations of ancient buildings , and as hotly defended by the classicists , Avho say that it would be a great feat to endow London with a copy of the Pantheon . The Professor is not hopeless of accomplishing his object , for he proposes to annex a copy of the Pantheon to the National Gallery in its intended enlargement .
Among the buildings which now attract notice is the grand facade of the National Discount Office , fronting Cornhill , commanding Royal Exchange Buildings and what may be called the small place to the east of the Royal Exchange , and having a side facade in Birchin-lane . It is in the French or later Renaissance style , and if with little originality of treat-