Along the rows are ranges of shops, and above them the higher stories, which project to the streets, and form a line with the warehouses beneath. The whole appears as if the first stories of the fronts of all the houses were laid open, and made to communicate... A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales - Page 28by William Cobbett - 1832 - 546 pagesFull view - About this book
| Architecture - 1809 - 616 pages
...which project to the streets, aud form a line with the warehouses beneath. The whole appears as if (lie first stories of the fronts of all the houses were...laid open, and made to communicate with each other ; pillars only being left for the support of the super-structure. The principal streets are intersected... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1801 - 634 pages
...them the higher stories, which project to the streets, and form a line with the warehouses beneath. The whole appears as if the first stories of the fronts...laid open, and made to communicate with each other; pillars only being left for the support of the superstructure. The principal streets are intersected... | |
| Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 1078 pages
...project into the streets, and form a line with the warehouses beneath. The whole appears as though the first stories of the fronts of all the houses...laid open, and made to communicate with each other; pillars only being left for the support with the super-structure. The principal streets are intersected... | |
| Thomas Dugdale - Chronology, Historical - 1830 - 266 pages
...project into the streets, and form a line wilh the warehouses beneath. The whole appears as though the first stories of the fronts of all the houses...laid open, and made to communicate with each other; pillars only being left for the support with the super-structure. The principal streets are intersected... | |
| William Cobbett - England - 1832 - 664 pages
...side, reaching from street to street, open in front, and bulustraded. These are exceedingly curious to strangers, who, when in them, imagine themselves...each other. The principal streets are intersected bv smaller ones, dividing the inclosed spaces into smaller squares ; and some of*them are terminated... | |
| William Cobbett - England - 1832 - 734 pages
...side, reaching from street to street, open in front, and balustraded. These are exceedingly curious to strangers, who, when in them, imagine themselves...laid open, and made to communicate with each other. Tb« principal streets are intersected by smaller ones, dividing the inclosed spaces into •mailer... | |
| Richard Yeo - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1999 - 904 pages
...the streets, forming a line with the shops situated below. The whole appears as if the first stories of all the houses were laid open, and made to communicate with each other, pillars only being left for the support of thr superincumbent structure. The principal streets are... | |
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