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London and County. If the handsome front of the last-named com¬
pany at Knightsbridge could have been transferred here it would have
adorned the whole
street. Two of the new
houses are fairly good.
At the corner of Birchin
Lane, the London
quarters of the Com¬
mercial Bank of Scot¬
land are spoilt by a
mean attic storey; but
the two lower storeys in
polished red and gray
granite are _ fine.
Messrs. Lloyds’ is, like
the last named, in two
orders, “Tuscan - Doric
and [onic, and has a
good deal of dignity.
In Bishopsgate Within
we have on opposite
sides of the street two
typical examples. On
the west side is one
of the most gorgeous ——_—
fronts in the city cOver- BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET
)
ing the site of Greshams house. Gorgeous as it is, I cannot say a
single word in its favour. All the ornament in Europe would not
give the design dignity or proportion. On the eastern side is a very
different building, the bank of Messrs. Baring, very plain, in red brick,