Mrs Russel Gurney Chapel of Sacred Art 1897

Title : Mrs Russel Gurney Chapel of Sacred Art 1897  
Author : J Hyslop Bell
Source : Windsor Magazine
Year Published : 1899
Page Count : 9
Image Count : 7
Word Count : 4,998
File Size in MB : 5
File Type : PDF

"About 400 yards due west of the Marble Arch, in Park Place, Bayswater Road, there occurs a sudden break in the long line of diversified mansions. Up to this point the line of frontage has run pretty well sheer with the street-line. Here you suddenly come upon a recess, the enclosure of which is evidently intended to be permanent, for the owners on either side have been permitted to open lights and outlooks over the dainty greensward, and the boundary towards the thronged roadway consists of substantial high iron railings, centred by a broad, pillared gateway. Waiting for a moment of comparative interval in the never-ceasing stream of wayfaring traffic, we catch, by the aid of our photographer, a picture of the place sufficiently complete to convey a fair idea of its general appearance..."