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THE CHURCHES | 207 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 magnificence 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
