The Royal Opera Arcade, London

The Royal Opera Arcade

London

John Nash and G. S. Repton

1816-18

Photograph and text 2005 George P. Landow

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"This beautiful and modestly scaled arcade is one of London's earliest (following the French invention of the type at the end of the eighteenth century) and was once part of Nash's grand Royal Opera House on the Haymarket, which burned down in 1867. — Jones and Woodward, 224

References

Jones, Edward, and Christopher Woodward. A Guide to the Architecture of London. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1992.

Last modified 26 July 2005