The pedimented porch of Nicholas Hawksmoor's St.
George, Bloomsbury (29), and the overall shape of its plan
(30) imply a dominant axis north and south. The west
entrance and tower, the interior configuration of balconies,
and the east apse (which contained the altar) all suggest an
equally dominant counter axis. By means of contrary elements
and distorted positions this church expresses both the
contrasts between the back, front, and sides of the Latin
cross plan and the duo-directional axes of a Greek cross
plan. These contradictions, which resulted from particular
site and orientation conditions, support a richness and tension
lacking in many purer compositions