Guide to the Palace of Westminster . Royal Arms of England with thesupporters and crest. The fire dogs are of brass, and repre-sent shields, with the lions of England upon them, the standardsbeing surmounted by regal crowns. The fire implements areof wrought brass, elegantly designed : a raised moulding roundthe hearth serving in lieu of a fender, besides being made inaccordance with the style of architecture of the room. Fromthe Princes Chamber we enter THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The interior of this House is, without doubt, the finest speci-men of Gothic civil architecture in Europe; its proportion
Guide to the Palace of Westminster . Royal Arms of England with thesupporters and crest. The fire dogs are of brass, and repre-sent shields, with the lions of England upon them, the standardsbeing surmounted by regal crowns. The fire implements areof wrought brass, elegantly designed : a raised moulding roundthe hearth serving in lieu of a fender, besides being made inaccordance with the style of architecture of the room. Fromthe Princes Chamber we enter THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The interior of this House is, without doubt, the finest speci-men of Gothic civil architecture in Europe; its proportions,arrangements, and decorations, may be said to be perfect. Thesize and loftiness of the apartment,, its finely proportionedwindows, with the gilded and canopied niches between them;the Throne, glowing with gold and colours; the richly carvedpanelling which lines the walls, with its gilded and em-blazoned cove; and the balcony of brass, of light and elegantdesign, rising from the canopy; the roof most elaborately Page en Q o J </) OI painted : its massy beams and sculptured ornaments andpendants richly gilded; ajl unite in forming a scene of royalmagnificence as brilliant as it is unequalled. The House of Lords is 90 feet in length, and 45 feet bothin breadth and height. In plan the House is divided into threeparts; the northern and southern are each considerably smallerthan the centre, which constitutes the body or the floor of theHouse, wherein are the Woolsack, Clerks Table, &c, oneither side being the seats for the Peers, in rows. Thesouthern end is the part of the House in which the Throne isplaced, and is also for the accommodation of distinguishedforeigners and others; whilst the northern has the Bar for itsboundary, and is for the service of the House of Commons,when summoned to the Upper House to attend His Majestyor the Royal Commissioners; and where, also, counsel standduring judicial investigations. At the north-west comer isBlack Rods Box. The
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