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beautiful semicircular portico of
the north transept is surmounted
by the noble dome, the picture
being framed by the not altogether
ugly houses on either hand. I
allow that the view of the interior
from the western door disappointed
me at first. Perhaps the magnifi¬
cence of the exterior led me to
expect too much. I can quite
understand that Wren’s original
design, in which a lower dome at
this west end was to lead up to the
greater one, would have given a
. more pleasing interior effect, but
_ the exterior would perhaps have
suffered. Any disappointment one
May feel on entering 1S, however, ST, STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK, FROM CHURCHYARD