Posts Tagged ‘London’
Streets of London – Royal Exchange circa 1812
Streets of London – Blackfriars Bridge circa 1815
“This beautiful structure, the most modern of the three bridges which connect the two banks of the Thames at the British metropolis, was erected to the honour of the great William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, whose name and titles are perpetuated in the adjacent places and streets, though the original appellation of Pitt’s Bridge has…
Read MoreStreets of London – Theater Royal, Covent Garden circa 1810
Streets of London – British Museum – Montagu House, London circa 1813
“The site of the building is inclosed by a high brick wall, which excludes the view on every side. The entrance in Great Russel-street, Bloomsbury, leads into a spacious quadrangle, on the north side of which appears the main building, 216 feet in length and 57 in height to the top of the cornice; with…
Read MoreStreets of London – St. Martin in the Fields, London circa 1815
Streets of London – Somerset House, Strand circa 1810
“The magnificent modern edifice known by the name of Somerset-House, or Somerset-Place, occupies the site of a palace erected by the Duke of Somerset, the protector, in the time of Edward VI. […] In 1775 the whole of this structure was demolished by act of parliament, and was succeeded by the present superb edifice, erected…
Read MoreStreets of London – Portland Place, London 1810-1820
“It is within the memory of some persons, that Parliament-street and Whitehall once formed the finest avenue in the metropolis. Oxford-street was yet but indifferently inhabited, and Portland-place not built. Oxford-street ceased at Mary-le-bonelane: at that spot Tyburn-road began, and for many years presented the sort of humble character of buildings that usually skirt the…
Read MoreStreets of London – Grosvenor Square, London circa 1813
“This square received its name from Sir Richard Grosvenor, Bart. […]. This gentlemen had a great passion for building, and covered a considerable plot of ground in the neighborhood, between New Bond-street and Hyde Park, which now produces an immense income to his descendant, the Earl of Grosvenor. Grosvenor-Square covers six acres of ground, is…
Read MoreStreets of London – Portman Square, London 1813
“This square is esteemed the next in beauty, as it is in extent, to Grosvenor-square. […] It is of more modern erection than any of the other squares in the western part of the metropolis, and received its name from an opulent family, to which its site and that of several of the adjacent street…
Read MoreStreets of London – Manchester Square, London 1813
“It is situated a little distance from the north side of Oxford-street, between Cavendish and Portman-Squares; and the period at which it was built, was likewise intermediate to the dates of their erection. […] The ground on the north side lay vacant till the late Duke of Manchester purchased the site, and erected upon it…
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