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SOMERSET HOUSE. 57
parts—the centre, two brings, and a pavilion at each end.
The centre is embellished in the second story with half
columns of the Corinthian order, and the pavilions with
pilasters of the same order between the windows. It is
entered through a semicircular archway from the Strand,
over which are placed the symbolical figures of Holiness
and "Wisdom, between which the Royal arms appear, sur-
mounting the motto, Sancte ct Sapienter. The western
front of the college is 304 feet long, and harmonizes with
the corresponding buildings of Somerset House. King's
College was built after designs from Mr. (now Sir) Bobert
Smirke. The centre of the first floor is occupied by a
spacious chapel, beneath which is a hall for the exami-
nations and other public matters. There are various
lecture-rooms, a library, and museums, in the institution.
The residence of the Principal, and the apartments for
the professors, are situate in that part of the structure
adjoining the river. The building is of stone; Portland,
Yorkshire, and Scotch granite being the materials used in
its construction.
SOMERSET HOUSE.
Edwaru Seymour, Duke of Somerset, who was Protector
in the reign of Edward "VI., built the first Somerset
House, about the year 1549; not only pulling down, as
has before been noticed, the church of St. Mary-without-
Temple-bar, but appropriating part of the conventual
church of St. John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell, and the
tower and cloisters on the north side of St. Paul's, with
the charnel-houses and adjacent chapel, to supply ma-
terials for the new structure. The town residences of
the bishops of Worcester, Lichfield, and Llaudaff, and the
Strand Inn, an inn of Chancery, belonging to the Temple,
were also pnlled down to make room for the Protector's
palace, which he contemplated making more magnificent
than anv that had ever before been known in England.
The bribe of a large sum of money alone prevented him
fmm dismantling Westminster Abbey, to add to the
parts—the centre, two brings, and a pavilion at each end.
The centre is embellished in the second story with half
columns of the Corinthian order, and the pavilions with
pilasters of the same order between the windows. It is
entered through a semicircular archway from the Strand,
over which are placed the symbolical figures of Holiness
and "Wisdom, between which the Royal arms appear, sur-
mounting the motto, Sancte ct Sapienter. The western
front of the college is 304 feet long, and harmonizes with
the corresponding buildings of Somerset House. King's
College was built after designs from Mr. (now Sir) Bobert
Smirke. The centre of the first floor is occupied by a
spacious chapel, beneath which is a hall for the exami-
nations and other public matters. There are various
lecture-rooms, a library, and museums, in the institution.
The residence of the Principal, and the apartments for
the professors, are situate in that part of the structure
adjoining the river. The building is of stone; Portland,
Yorkshire, and Scotch granite being the materials used in
its construction.
SOMERSET HOUSE.
Edwaru Seymour, Duke of Somerset, who was Protector
in the reign of Edward "VI., built the first Somerset
House, about the year 1549; not only pulling down, as
has before been noticed, the church of St. Mary-without-
Temple-bar, but appropriating part of the conventual
church of St. John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell, and the
tower and cloisters on the north side of St. Paul's, with
the charnel-houses and adjacent chapel, to supply ma-
terials for the new structure. The town residences of
the bishops of Worcester, Lichfield, and Llaudaff, and the
Strand Inn, an inn of Chancery, belonging to the Temple,
were also pnlled down to make room for the Protector's
palace, which he contemplated making more magnificent
than anv that had ever before been known in England.
The bribe of a large sum of money alone prevented him
fmm dismantling Westminster Abbey, to add to the