Ancient Topography Of London: Containing Not Only Views Of Buildings ... But Some Account Of Places And Customs Either Unknown, Or Overlooked By The London Historians
Ancient Topography Of London: Containing Not Only Views Of Buildings ... But Some Account Of Places And Customs Either Unknown, Or Overlooked By The London Historians
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1815 Excerpt: ...put up by the builder of the five houses erected upon its scite. Admitting the foundation walls of this building to have been of Whittington's time; the windows and doors were undoubtedly of the reign of Elizabeth. It must have been the mansion of some opulent person; and Sir Thomas Gresham, who is said to have been an ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1815 Excerpt: ...put up by the builder of the five houses erected upon its scite. Admitting the foundation walls of this building to have been of Whittington's time; the windows and doors were undoubtedly of the reign of Elizabeth. It must have been the mansion of some opulent person; and Sir Thomas Gresham, who is said to have been an inhabitant, might have altered it; for of all the houses I ever inspected, in London, none were so substantially built. The timbers were oak and chesnut, and used in the greatest profusion. The lower parts of the chimnies, on the ground floor, were of stone, in some instances blocked up, and in others considerably lessened. The rooms had been contracted, as the wainscot-partitions, in three instances, divided the ceilings, which, when whole, must have been ornamented in a regular manner, as large masses of the cornice were visible in some of the modern closets. Upon an examination of the upper part of the house, it was discovered that a portion of the building towards the north had been taken down. It has been asserted that most of the old houses were chiefly built with chesnut; of this opinion was the late Dr. Ducarel; but the Honorable Daines Barrington has taken the opposite side of the question in a letter to Dr. Watson, published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1769, where he thus expresses himself: "Mr. Miller (in his Gardener's "Dictionary), hath endeavoured to prove, that the Spanish chesnut grew in great profusion to "the northward of London, by a citation from Fitz-Stephens, which only implies that there were "large forests in the neighbourhood of the metropohs, without either the chesnut, or any other "tree, being specified. "Most antiquaries also suppose, that Old London was chiefly built with t...
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