Walks in London . f the place. There is a fine portraitof Nelson here, which was painted for Sir William Hamilton atPalermo in 1799 by Leonardo Guzzardi. The new Admiralty and WarOffices at the back are built from designs of Messrs. Leemin™ in thePalladian style, with three corner towers, and a campanile which rises170 feet above the average height of the building. The next building facing Whitehall is the Horse Guards, so calledfrom the troop constantly on guard, and first established here in anedifice overlooking the Tilt-Yard, to watch and restrain the prentices 1 Diary, 21st May 1662. 176
Walks in London . f the place. There is a fine portraitof Nelson here, which was painted for Sir William Hamilton atPalermo in 1799 by Leonardo Guzzardi. The new Admiralty and WarOffices at the back are built from designs of Messrs. Leemin™ in thePalladian style, with three corner towers, and a campanile which rises170 feet above the average height of the building. The next building facing Whitehall is the Horse Guards, so calledfrom the troop constantly on guard, and first established here in anedifice overlooking the Tilt-Yard, to watch and restrain the prentices 1 Diary, 21st May 1662. 176 Walks in London from overawing Parliament. The building— one of the best Palladiandesigns of the eighteenth century—due to Kent and Dubois, 1742-52,is, especially on the park side, admirable both in composition anddetail. The clock was made by Thwaites in 1756. Two splendidcuirassed and helmeted figures sit like statues on their horses underthe little stone pavilions on either side the gate, and are relieved. ON GUARD AT THE HORSE GUARDS. every two hours, while two others on foot, as Taine describes, posentavec majeste devant les The archway in the centre is theroyal entrance to St. Jamess Park, by the ancient Tilt-Yard, now theparade-ground. It was from the Horse Guards that the funeralprocession of the Duke of Wellington set forth. Notes sur IA ivjleterre. Downing Street 177 Dover House, now occupied by the offices of the Secretary of Statefor Scotland and the Scottish Educational Department, was built byJ. Payne (1754-8) for Sir Mathew Featherstonhaugh, after whosedeath (1774) it was inhabited by Sir Jeffery Amherst, who resigned itin favour of the Duke of York, for whom Holland added the grandstaircase and domed entrance In 1796 York House was ex-changed with Lord Melbourne for his house in Piccadilly, but wasshortly afterwards let to Lord Dover, and took his name. The next line of buildings, surmounted by a row of the meaninglesstea-urns beloved by un
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