Star.
London, England, 1814-03-04 00:00:00

ROYAL MILIrARY COLLEGE.

This magnificent building, one of the largest in
Britain, is erected on Bagshot Heath, a mile Distant
from Blackwater, four from Bagshor, and seven from
the town of Oakingham. It is situated on the bor-
der of three Counties—Berks, Hants, and Surrey,
oq a healthy and dry situation, fronting, and at
about half a mile distance from the great western
road, 30 miles from London.
• The edifice has a southern aspect in front, and is
in length, including the house.; for the Lieutenant-
Governor and the Commandant, 930 feet. Con-
nected by a neat stuccoed pedestal wall, forming an
arc of a cilcle, measuring above .100 feet, are the
houses of the Paymaster and Physician, which extend
a little backward on either flank : the extreme length
of the whole being nearly 2,000 feet. The building-
has two detached wings, communicating with it by
handsome colonades, fifty feet in length. •
This College was founded in the year 1810, under
the auspices of his Royal Highness the Duke of
YORK, for the instruction and discipline of 400 Gen:
tlemen Cadets, intended as Officers for our regular
army. - •
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The entrance to the principal buildinz is by a
grand porch, It hose simple and , elegant entablature
is supported by six beautiful fluted pillars, of con-
siderable height; and in strength and solidity nearly
equal to Tuscan.
Over .the porch are figures in alto relief, represent-
ing Mars and Minerva, exetuted in a-style, perhaps,
i,nt sufficiently masterly, and seemingly unequal,
hoth in correctness and symmetry of form, as
v, ell as in proportion, to the general harmopy of the
;arts, and to the magnificence of the building.
The entrance hall leading from the porch would
-11-ive a more grand and imposing effect, if the general
plan of the edifice had admitted of a greater eleva-
tion being given to its roof. The great length of the
grand central passage causes its breadth to appear
disproportionate thereto, although- it. is more than
scvei, feet in width.

Behind the great building are two lines of buses
tOr the Officers of the Institution, forming with the
main building three sides of a large quadrangle, open
to the north, in the centre whereof is a capacious
circuhrbason, or reservoir, constantly filled with ex-
cellent water, supplied from krtinning spring, at the
distance of about s mile to the eastwArd.

Th.. front and ends of the College are coated with
Roman cement.

Attached to the northern face of the grand build-
ing is a small but neat chapel, fitted no with gic,it
taste and simplicity oktyle, in which arc two gallt-
ries—one for the civil, the other fur the military
members of the Institution.

At the distance of a quarter of a mile, is a house
for the residence of the Governor : not far from which
are the houses of the Professors, htiilt close to, and
nearly in a line with the great road leading from Lon-
don to Basingstoke. These present a regular and
neat appearance.

On the opposite side of the London road, a consi-
derable line of houses and shops have been built,
since the establishment of the College, whose num-
ber and respectability, together with the buildings
described, give the whole a tolerable claim to the
consideration. and importance of a small market town,
which, in honour of his Royal Highness the Duke
of VORKt the founder and patron vi the spot, has
been called Yorktown.