Guide to the Palace of Westminster . e centre. The Page riOenty one. archways on either side contain allegorical figures of Justice andMercy, as the two best prerogatives of the British Crown. Re-curring to the exterior of the Tower, immediately over the greatentrance, as well as on the south side, is a row of rich niches,the centre one higher than the rest and containing a statue ofQueen Victoria, while the others are occupied by her Parents,the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and other members of theRoyal Family. Above these, deeply recessed and lofty win-dows rise, and over them a delicately beau
Guide to the Palace of Westminster . e centre. The Page riOenty one. archways on either side contain allegorical figures of Justice andMercy, as the two best prerogatives of the British Crown. Re-curring to the exterior of the Tower, immediately over the greatentrance, as well as on the south side, is a row of rich niches,the centre one higher than the rest and containing a statue ofQueen Victoria, while the others are occupied by her Parents,the Duke and Duchess of Kent, and other members of theRoyal Family. Above these, deeply recessed and lofty win-dows rise, and over them a delicately beautiful tier of arcadework divides them from a second tier of windows above. Thesehave ogee canopies richly carved, and are more deeply recessedin the walls; each of these windows has a balcony, from whencemay be obtained views of the river and of the surroundingcountry, and above these windows again rises an arcade ofsmall openings similar to that below. The ToWER is com-pleted by a pierced parapet of appropriate design, and finishes. Ironwork on Rooj. harmoniously the elaborate richness of every part of its wallsurfaces. The roof resembles those to the towers of the riverfront, and from the centre rises the flag-staff before-mentionedfrom which the Royal Standard is hoisted upon the occasionof the opening or proroguing of Parliament by the Monarch. Page Tu)enty-iu)o.
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