The remains of the Antheum, the cause of the falling of which is given in our Volume for 1833, still exist; there being no demand at present for ground to build on in that part of Brighton. Had it succeeded, the effect exteriorly would have been good; for a dome is a form uniting grandeur and beauty in an eminent degree. The interior effect, however, would, we think, not have answered public expectation; because there could not have been any sufficiently lengthened perspective to give the idea of interior grandeur. A parallelogram would not have been so attractive externally, but would have been far more interesting within, and executed at much less expense: witness the conservatory which connects the house with the armoury at Alton Towers.
