Architectural Criticism
Howitt himself was in no doubt that the use of classical lines would mean that it would not look dated in a few years' time.
The most scathing criticism came from Nikolaus Pevsner in his Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (published in 1951);
"Not much can be said in defence of this kind of neo-Baroque display at a date when the Stockholm Town Hall was complete and a style congenial to the C20 established. Wren has to answer for much, once the connection between Greenwich and this dome (via the Old Bailey?) is noted. The Ionic columniation is no more inspiring or truthful than the interiors. The only positive interest lies in the plan of the building. Its centre is a shopping arcade of great height with a glass roof, and shops run all along the ground floor on the N and S sides."
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