Posts Tagged ‘Streets of London’
Streets 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…
Read MoreStreets of London – Cavendish Square, North Side, London circa 1813
“At the beginning of the last century, Marybone, in which Cavendish-square is situated, was a small village nearly a mile distant from any part of the metropolis. It was not till 1715 that a plan was formed for building this square and several streets on the north of Tyburn-road, which has since assumed the name…
Read MoreStreets of London – Soho Square, London 1812
“Soho-Square, though not equal for extent and beauty of the area to many of the squares which adorn the west end of the British capital, may, however, vie with most in regard to the regularity of the buildings by which it is surrounded. [..] Soho-Square will be further interesting to the scholar and the philosopher,…
Read MoreStreets of London – St. George Street, Hanover Square, London 1812
Streets of London – Lansdowne House, Berkeley Square, London 1811
“The site of Lansdowne House and gardens, which occupy the whole of the south side of Berkeley-square, was formerly a piece of waste ground, generally covered by a pool of dirty water than ran down from Curzon-street and its vicinity. This spot was purchased, in 1762, by the Earl of Bute. After draining and raising…
Read MoreStreets of London – Berkeley Square, London circa 1813
“This area, which forms an oblong square, containing about three acres, is inclosed by an iron ballustrade; and the inhabitants, after the example of their neighbors, have, of late years, cause it to be planted with trees and shrubs, which have thriven very rapidly, and give a rural air to the whole. In the center,…
Read MoreStreets of London – Whitehall, London circa 1811
“Perhaps no part of the British metropolis has within these few years received greater improvements than they environs of Whitehall; and though they are principally conspicuous at the southern extremity of this former seat of royalty, yet its immediate vicinity to the northward has not been neglected. It is this that is exhibited in the…
Read MoreStreets of London – Westminster Abbey, London circa 1810
“Exclusively of the recollections which crowd upon the mind at the sight of this venerable structure, the exquisite specimen of what is improperly termed Gothic architecture, which it presents, must entitle it to particular attention. On its site once stood a temple of Apollo, which, according to tradition, was destroyed by an earthquake, and on…
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