Guide to the Palace of Westminster . phens Court; 4. The Cloister Court; 5. The StarChamber Court; the last giving access, by means of a doublecarriage archway, into New Palace Yard. Having thus hurriedly called the attention of the visitor to theprincipal parts of the exterior, we shall proceed to notice someof the State Apartments of this Royal and National Palace(although the public are not admitted to some few of the apart-ments here described) to make the series complete. Page Twenty-seven. 3ntertoi\ VICTORIA TOWER, THE NORMAN PORCH, THE KINGS ROBING ROOM. THEROYAL GALLERY, THE PRINCES CH
Guide to the Palace of Westminster . phens Court; 4. The Cloister Court; 5. The StarChamber Court; the last giving access, by means of a doublecarriage archway, into New Palace Yard. Having thus hurriedly called the attention of the visitor to theprincipal parts of the exterior, we shall proceed to notice someof the State Apartments of this Royal and National Palace(although the public are not admitted to some few of the apart-ments here described) to make the series complete. Page Twenty-seven. 3ntertoi\ VICTORIA TOWER, THE NORMAN PORCH, THE KINGS ROBING ROOM. THEROYAL GALLERY, THE PRINCES CHAMBER, THE HOUSE OF LORDS, THEPEERS LOBBY, CENTRAL HALL, HOUSE OF COMMONS, ETC. THE VICTORIA TOWER AND NORMAN PORCH. The internal decorations andarrangement of this Tower havebeen described; to the left is the Royal Staircase, formed of grey granite, simple in its character and imposing from its scale; this leads to the |W Norman Porch, so called J? from its being intended to Aims of Scotland in Royal Court, place therein statues of. H O1 our Norman Sovereigns on the various pedestals, as well as toadorn the panels of the walls with fresco painting of the sub-jects taken from this period of English history. The beautifullyclustered centre shaft and the carved groined ceiling of thisapartment deserve attention. The paving of this chamber isinlaid with Devonshire and Irish marble and encaustic tiles,while the seals in the recesses are formed of Purbeck marble,and the risers of Devonshire marble. The door on the righthand leads into the KINGS ROBING ROOM. This magnificent apartment is situated at the Southern end ofthe Palace, and has two entrances, one from the NormanPorch, the other from the Royal Gallery. It is about 54 feetin length, 37 feet in width, and about 25 feet high, lighted fromthe South by six windows filled with stained glass. At the East end of the room, raised upon a dais approachedby three steps, is a Chair of State beneath a handsome canopyof carved oak. panelle
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