A New Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; the Gardens, ... To which are Added, Descriptions of ... Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham and Stow, ... A New Edition, Corrected, Much Enlarged, and Adorned with a Plan of the University and City, and Six Other PlatesJ. Cooke, 1798 - 152 pages |
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... story and baluf trade . There is no pillar in the church , though it is 72 feet long , 42 wide , and 50 high . The ceiling , altar , pulpit , & c . are finely executed . The fteeple is remarkable in the modern manner . Its architect was ...
... story and baluf trade . There is no pillar in the church , though it is 72 feet long , 42 wide , and 50 high . The ceiling , altar , pulpit , & c . are finely executed . The fteeple is remarkable in the modern manner . Its architect was ...
Page 20
... Stories . Towards the Street is a magni- ficent Portico of the Doric Order ; the Height of the Columns being , equal to the two Stories . This is anfwered on the oppofite Side , next the Schools , by à Frontispiece fupported by Three ...
... Stories . Towards the Street is a magni- ficent Portico of the Doric Order ; the Height of the Columns being , equal to the two Stories . This is anfwered on the oppofite Side , next the Schools , by à Frontispiece fupported by Three ...
Page 23
... Story , and the Atlas on the top . It is built in an open Field adjoining to the north fide of the Infirmary ; the Land a Benefaction of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough . The whole Building is 175 feet in length ; its breadth from ...
... Story , and the Atlas on the top . It is built in an open Field adjoining to the north fide of the Infirmary ; the Land a Benefaction of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough . The whole Building is 175 feet in length ; its breadth from ...
Page 81
... fkill in Architecture as for his knowledge in moft other branches . Each fide contains fifteen windows in front . The lower - ftory is ruftic , in which are three D 6 . three entrances . The fecond story , and the attic.
... fkill in Architecture as for his knowledge in moft other branches . Each fide contains fifteen windows in front . The lower - ftory is ruftic , in which are three D 6 . three entrances . The fecond story , and the attic.
Page 82
... story , and the attic above it , are contained in the height of the Ionic order , which refts upon the ruftic . Over the five middle windows in each fide is a beautiful pediment , which projects , fupported by three - quarter columns of ...
... story , and the attic above it , are contained in the height of the Ionic order , which refts upon the ruftic . Over the five middle windows in each fide is a beautiful pediment , which projects , fupported by three - quarter columns of ...
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