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172 COMMERCE exquisitely proportioned. [his is by a master whose works are unfortunately much too rare, Mr. Norman Shaw, and is well worthy of his reputation. The banking-house of Messrs. Dimsdale and Fowler, in Cornhill, is plain but not unpleasing. Messrs. King’s, No. 65, has been rebuilt since Thackeray wrote his famous Roundabout Papers while looking out on St. Peters Church. Of the style of the new house the less we say the better. It is one of the wonders of modern life that if an architect has to design a building which is to stand near one of the masterpieces of a former age he endeavours to show how far he can go in the opposite direction. ‘The new buildings in Whitehall dwarf and overtop the chapel of Inigo Jones. ‘The Aquarium stands opposite Westminster Abbey. The new Mercers’ Hall is near the Mansion House. The offices of the Bible Society are between St. Andrew’s and St. Bennet’s. Comment is needless. INTERIOR OF BARINGS BANK , |
