SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN'S HOUSE IN BOTOLPH LANE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:]
Sin,—The last remnants of this house, which—by tradition—. was designed, built, and occupied by the great architect as his residence in the City of London during the patching up of the old and the construction of the present St. Paul's Cathedral, have been acquired through purchase by Alderman Sir Charles Wakefield. The grand staircase with wall panelling, the doorways with curved pediments and elaborate mouldings, and the grand landing complete the detail of the acquisition which is to find a new home on this side of the Atlantic. Some account of the building, which was condemned in 1906 as a "dangerous rtructure," appeared in the Architectural Review, vol. xix, and the staircase is pictured in Mr. Walter Godfrey's "The English Staircase," Edition MCMXL—I am,
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