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 154 Architecture in Great Britain. small " Temple of the Winds," in imitation of that at Athens, forms the steeple. To make it more complete, porches with caryatid columns have been added on the north and south sides, like those attached to the Athenian Temple. The University Club House in Pall Mall East, the portico of the Post-Office, and the front of the British Museum, are other examples in which the same order is employed. Sir John Soane was perhaps the most successful of the architects of the early classical revival. He rebuilt the Bank of England, the order of which, as it now stands, is an exact copy of that of the circular temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli. Holland, Burton, and Nash were three architects who erected many important classic buildings. In the portico of Carlton House, built by Holland, the most ornate form of the Corinthian column was employed. The columns were subsequently used for the portico of the National Gallery, where they may still be seen. Wilkins, another celebrated architect of the early part of this century, worked both in the classic and Gothic styles. His masterpiece is the portico of University College, Gower Street. He also designed the National Gallery, which failed mainly from want of adaptation to a site which required a much more lofty building of bolder character. Sir Robert Smirke, architect of the British Museum, and Hardwick, architect of Goldsmiths' Hall, should also be mentioned. The chief and most original of all the buildings of the classic revival was St. George's Hall, Liverpool, by Elmes, completed after his death by Cockerell. It is 250 ft. long