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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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Counter-petitions
were
presented
to
Parliament,
stating
that
the
Lombard
Street
office
was
convenient
enough,
and
that
the
movement
was
got
up
by
interested
parties.
Many
years
passed
before
the
discussions
ended
and
the
preliminary
arrangements
were
made.
Nothing
could
better
serve
to
show
the
stationary
character
of
the
Post-Office
than
the
fact
that,
year
by
year,
and
in
the
opinion
of
the
authorities,
the
Lombard
Street
establishment
sufficed
for
its
wants
and
requirements.
In
1825,
however,
Government
acquiesced
in
the
views
of
the
great
majority
of
London
residents,
and
St.
Martin's-le-Grand--the
site
of
an
ancient
convent
and
sanctuary--was
chosen
for
a
large
new
building,
to
be
erected
from
designs
by
Sir
R.
Smirke.
It
was
five
years
in
course
of
erection,
and
opened
for
the
transaction
of
business
on
the
25th
of
September,
1829.
The
building
is
of
the
Grecian-Ionic
order,
and
is
one
of
the
handsomest
public
structures
in
London.
The
basement
is
of
granite,
but
the
edifice
itself,
which
is
400
feet
in
length
and
80
feet
in
width,
is
built
of
brick,
faced
all
round
with
Portland
stone.
In
the
centre
is
a
grand
portico
with
fluted
columns,
leading
to
the
great
hall,
which
forms
a
public
thoroughfare
from
St.
Martin's-le-Grand
to
Foster
Lane.
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