19 MAY 1990, Page 23

Barclays' bang I LIKED the four-square Victorian railway bridge which,

until the weekend, crossed Ludgate Hill and framed the western approach to St Paul's. It gave the City something of a formal gateway, and Monet was not ashamed to paint it. Now it has gone, to open up an unrestricted view of — Juxon House, the rectilinear lump imposed by Lord Holford in front of St Paul's, to house the trust department of Barclays Bank. Go on, Barclays, blow it up.