The whole building is of Portland stone, rustic work; above the arches the inward piazza is an entablament, with fine enrichments; and on the cornice a range of pilasters, within entablature, and a spacious compass pediment in the middle of the corners of each of the four sides. Under the pediment on the north side are the king’s arms; on the south those of the City; and on the east the arms of Sir Thomas Gresham. And under the pediment on the west side the arms of the Company of Mercers, with their respective enrichments. The intercolumns of the upper range are twenty-four niches, nineteen of which are filled with the statues of the kings and queens regent of England, standing erect with their robes and regalia, except that of King James II. and King George II., which are habited like the Cæsars. On the south side are seven niches, of which four are filled, viz.:— 1. The most easterly figure, which has this inscription in gold letters, _Edvardus Primus Rex_, _Anno Dom._ 1272. 2. Westward, _Edvardus III. Rex_, _Anno Dom._ 1329. 3. _Henricus V. Rex_, _Anno Domini_ 1412. 4. _Henricus VI. Rex_, _Anno Domini_ 1422. On the west side five niches, four of which are filled, viz.:— 1. Under the most southerly figures is subscribed in gold letters, _Edvardus IV. Rex_, _Anno Domini_ 1460. 2. Northward (the crown pendent over his head) _Edvardus V. Rex_, _Anno Domini_ 1483. 3. _Henricus VII. Rex_, _Anno Domini_ 1487. 4. _Henricus VIII. Rex_, _Anno Domini_ 1508. On the north side seven niches are filled, viz.:— 1. The most westerly, subscribed in golden characters, _Edvardus VI. Rex_, _Anno Domini_ 1547. 2. _Maria Regina_, _Anno Domini_ 1553. 3. _Elizabetha Regina_, _Anno Domini_ 1558. 4. Is subscribed _Serenissim & Potentissim’ Princip’ Jacobo Primo_, _Mag._ _Brit’ Fran’ & Hibern’ Reg. Fid. Defensori_, _Societas Pannitonsorum posuit_, _A.D._ 1684. 5. ΕΙΚΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ _Serenissimi & Religiosissimi Principis Caroli Primi_, _Angliæ_, _Scotiæ_, _Franciæ Hiberniæ Regis_, _Fidei Defensoris_; _Bis Martyris_ (_in Corpore Effigie_) _Impiis Rebellium Manibus_, _ex hoc loco deturbata confracta_, _Anno Dom._ 1647. _Restituta hic demum collocata_, _Anno Dom._ 1683. _Gloria Martyrii qui te fregêre Rebelles non potuere ipsum quem voluere Deum_. 6. _Carolus Secundus Rex_, _Anno Domini_ 1648. 7. _Jacobus II. Rex_, _Anno Domini_ 1685. On the east side five niches, one of which is vacant, the other filled, viz.:—