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72 TALLIs's ILLUSTRATED LONDON;
sides, which oven now are noble specimens of solid ma-
sonry and architectural taste. The Piazzas were, "when
first constructed, continued along the south-eastern side,
where the Humrnums Hotel stands, but this portion of
them was destroyed by fire a few years after their erection,
and was not rebuilt. Towards the close of the reign of
Charles I. the following appearance was presented by the
great square of Covent-garden: the north and east sides
were occupied by the Piazzas, on the west was the
church of St. Paul, and the wall of the garden of .Bedford
House formed the southern barrier, "We will now par-
ticularize some of the leading objects of attraction in the
little parish of Covent-garden, the situation of which, in
reference to that of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, is insular.
Covent-garden Market. Some authorities state that
this market dates so far back as 1634; but we prefer
adopting the account of Mr, Peter Cunningham, who
writes that it "originated about 1656, in a few temporary
sheds and stalls at the back of the garden wall of Bedford
House." In 1704, the mansion was taken down, and a
line of street arose upon its site, in consequence of which
the market people gradually hedged off the pavement to
the centre of the square, which henceforth became a per-
manent fruit, vegetable, and herb market- The present
market, which contains three acres of ground, was erected
in 1830, by the then Duke of Bedford, at a cost of
£42,000. A facade has been added to the north-west
side, and is composed of four principal parts, each of which
have like characteristics. The centre is formed by an
arch, on the entablature of two Tuscan columns; with a
single-faced archivolt, supported by two piers, which sus-
tain an elevated triangular pediment, the tympanum of
which is adorned by the armorial bearings, and motto (Che
sara, saraj, of the Bedford family. Oil each side of this
centre, which is large enough to allow entrance to a lofty
loaded waggon into the area, is a colonnade of the
Tuscan order, projecting before the slopes. The columns
?),re of granite, and of the Palladium Tuscan, with ao
sides, which oven now are noble specimens of solid ma-
sonry and architectural taste. The Piazzas were, "when
first constructed, continued along the south-eastern side,
where the Humrnums Hotel stands, but this portion of
them was destroyed by fire a few years after their erection,
and was not rebuilt. Towards the close of the reign of
Charles I. the following appearance was presented by the
great square of Covent-garden: the north and east sides
were occupied by the Piazzas, on the west was the
church of St. Paul, and the wall of the garden of .Bedford
House formed the southern barrier, "We will now par-
ticularize some of the leading objects of attraction in the
little parish of Covent-garden, the situation of which, in
reference to that of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, is insular.
Covent-garden Market. Some authorities state that
this market dates so far back as 1634; but we prefer
adopting the account of Mr, Peter Cunningham, who
writes that it "originated about 1656, in a few temporary
sheds and stalls at the back of the garden wall of Bedford
House." In 1704, the mansion was taken down, and a
line of street arose upon its site, in consequence of which
the market people gradually hedged off the pavement to
the centre of the square, which henceforth became a per-
manent fruit, vegetable, and herb market- The present
market, which contains three acres of ground, was erected
in 1830, by the then Duke of Bedford, at a cost of
£42,000. A facade has been added to the north-west
side, and is composed of four principal parts, each of which
have like characteristics. The centre is formed by an
arch, on the entablature of two Tuscan columns; with a
single-faced archivolt, supported by two piers, which sus-
tain an elevated triangular pediment, the tympanum of
which is adorned by the armorial bearings, and motto (Che
sara, saraj, of the Bedford family. Oil each side of this
centre, which is large enough to allow entrance to a lofty
loaded waggon into the area, is a colonnade of the
Tuscan order, projecting before the slopes. The columns
?),re of granite, and of the Palladium Tuscan, with ao