Sunday, November 5 (Norwich).--We went to St. Peter's Church, the Lord's supper being
administered there. I scarcely ever remember to have seen a more beautiful parish church:
the more so, because its beauty results not from foreign ornaments, but from the very form
and structure of it. It is very large and of an uncommon height, and the sides are almost all
window; so that it has an awful and venerable look and, at the same time, surprisingly
cheerful.
Monday, December 4--I was desired to step into the little church behind the Mansion House, commonly called St. Stephen's, Walbrook. It is nothing grand, but neat and elegant beyond expression. So that I do not wonder at the speech of the famous Italian architect who met Lord Burlington in Italy: "My Lord, go back and see St. Stephen's in London. We have not so fine a piece of architecture in Rome."
The Journal of John Wesley
Monday, December 4--I was desired to step into the little church behind the Mansion House, commonly called St. Stephen's, Walbrook. It is nothing grand, but neat and elegant beyond expression. So that I do not wonder at the speech of the famous Italian architect who met Lord Burlington in Italy: "My Lord, go back and see St. Stephen's in London. We have not so fine a piece of architecture in Rome."
The Journal of John Wesley
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