A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 262
basementstorey for warehouses and offices, fronted by a massive arcadeof rustic masonry, supporting the great south terrace, 46 ft. wide.In the centre was a wide archway or water-gate, communicatingwith the basement storey ; and at either end, opposite the opencolonnades to the east and west of the… … C/2 M ■a K c; Pi CHAP. XI] CHAMBERS 205 and before Waterloo Bridge was built, the building rose sheerout of the river at high water, and the tide ran in through thecentral archway under the terrace; at high water, at any rate,the effect must have been extremely fine, even finer than it isnow; and…
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