The Inigo Jones church, Covent Garden: the eaves
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The Inigo Jones church, Covent Garden: the eaves
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 24 Dec 2010
A little passageway off Henrietta Street gives access to St Paul's churchyard. This is what you see if you approach from that direction. The church's wide, projecting eaves are a memorable feature, highly distinctive. According to Sir John Summerson (in his little book, 'The Classical Language of Architecture') eaves like these were specified by the Roman architect Vitruvius nearly 2,000 years ago - but nobody built them this way before Inigo Jones, in the 1630's. Over the centuries this building has inspired a number of designs around the country, see Image - and has continued to do so in recent times Image
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