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attic-story, with oval windows and statues in front: theentire height from the ground is 62 feet.”

The vestibule contains a carriage-way and two foot-ways,separated by two ranges of coupled Doric columns, whichwith their entablature support the vaults.

The inner front of this division of the building, facingthe court-yard, is similar to that in the Strand, with theexception that pilasters are employed in the place ofcolumns.

The east and west sides of this quadrangle are similar tothose already described, with the exception of those portionsbetween the extremities and the central division, in whichthe windows are of a less ornamented description, beingrectangular, and without architraves. The central divisionsare crowned by urns surmounting the entablatures, and haveeach a small clock-tower above the roof. The south facadeis similar to the east and west sides, but its central compart-ment is more highly enriched, the entablature being supportedby four columns and four pilasters, both of the Corinthianorder, and the windows between the columns being recessed.Above the roof is a lofty cupola, partially screened by anangular pediment.

“ The front towards the river Thames , is 350 feet long,and presents a magnificent appearance. Its arrangementcorresponds with that of the quadrangle, but a superior bold-ness of character has been adopted in its centre wings, wheredisengaged columns with pilasters are introduced. The centrepart of this building is crowned by a cupola, as above stated.Before this facade is a terrace 50 feet wide, supported by alofty arcade, and protected by a balustrade. In the centre isone great semicircular arch, and near each extremity is awater-gate of similar form, the piers of which are ornamentedwith rusticated columns.”

We must now turn to a class of structures which haverisen up of late, and to which this style of building is pecu-liarly applicable,—we allude to Club-houses. Some of theseedifices are of very elegant design, and of magnificent appear-ance, their general treatment being borrowed from the palatialedifices of Italy : they are in our opinion the most favourableexamples of italian architecture in England, and are farpreferable to the ecclesiastical edifices built in this style; afact which arises, as we imagine, not so much from the meritof the architects employed, as from the circumstance that thestyle is adapted to the one class of edifice, and not tothe other.

Of the clubs, all of which are of considerable merit, a fullaccount has been given under the article Club-House, to whichwe beg to refer. We can here only call especial attention tothe Reform, the Traveller’s, the Carlton, the Army and Navy,and the Conservative. The dignified repose of the first, thesimple and unpretending elegance of the second, and thelightness and magnificence of the rest, are subjects all equallyworthy of the young architect’s attentive study.

The same style has been applied on a somewhat less mag-nificent scale, yet with equal success, to many other buildings,amongst which fire and life insurance - offices stand pre-eminent. We can here only allude, in passing, to those ofthe Sun, Imperial, and Globe Societies. This style has alsorecently been adopted for private mansions, an example of

which is afforded us in Bridgewater House, the mansion ofthe Lord Ellesmere, now erecting under the able superin-tendence of Mr. Barry, to whom we are indebted for some ofthe most beautiful and recent erections in this style, amongstwhich stand pre-eminent the Reform and Traveller’s club- jhouses. We conclude this article with a description of this Ilast, and not least, beautiful example of Mr. Barry's taste, and !trust that this may be only a commencement of a new classof town-residences for the nobility of this country.

The plan of this mansion is nearly square, the north frontbeing 142 feet 6 inches from east to west, and the west front,shown in our engraving, 122 feet from north to south. Thewest elevation consists of three stories, separated from eachother by ornamental flat-bands and cornices, and is divided Iinto a centre and two wings, which, however, project but jslightly. The lower story is rusticated with vertical and jhorizontal channels, and comprises seven windows, of whichfive, belonging to the central portion of the building, areplain rectangular apertures, with projecting key-stone, butwithout architrave. The two outer ones are of a similarcharacter, but are of three lights, the central one being of thesame description as the others, and the side ones a littlenarrower. Above the cornice of this story is a podium,pierced with balusters opposite each window, and havingprojecting plinths under the architraves. The same numberand arrangement of windows occur in this story, but theyare of a much more elaborate description, having a highlyenriched architrave, and being surmounted by a segmentalpediment, supported on projecting corbels, and having thetympanum enriched with sculpture. The triplets in thewings are similarly ornamented, but have a segmental pedi-ment over the central light only, the upper mouldings beingcontinued horizontally, with the cornice over the side lights.The upper story has the same number of square lights withmoulded architraves, the spaces between them being panelled:the triple arrangement in the wings is preserved in thisstory. The entire building is surmounted by a bold cornicesupported on consoles, the spaces between which are orna-mented with roses, and the corona with dolphins’ heads, oneover each console. Above the cornicione is a balustrade,the dies of which are surmounted by roses. The angles ofthe building are finished with coins, which are enriched withreticulated rustication, and, being of considerable width,impart a very rich effect to the fa9ade ; the chimneys arebrought up at the angles, and are made to form architecturalfeatures. A balustrade runs along in front of the lowermoststory.

The south elevation is very similar to the west, having »series of nine windows, exactly the same as those in thecentral portion of the western fa9ade, but having no project-ing wings, the extreme angles only being rusticated. The :entrance porch is in the centre, and is surmounted by vasessimilar to those above the balustrade.

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