Quote Originally Posted by pablo42 View Post
Why is there no pointed towers on the City side though.
Joseph Sharples' Pevsner guide offers:



"Scott redesigned the West front [this is the city side, shown without the short spires on the LH side on Pab's photo] in 1942, with a projecting porte-cochere [which is French for 'coach gate'], but by the time building reached this point costs had risen so much that a simpler design by F.G.Thomas, finalised in 1968, was adopted. It has a giant arched recess flanked by pairs of butresses..."