192 THE NEW HOUSE OF LORDS. 



of the Commons. On the right of the Bar, is the entrance for 

 the Lords, which communicates with the House of Commons by 

 a passage leading to the door on tl)e rigfit of the Speaker's chair. 



In the pier between the two windows at the extreme end of 

 the present apartment, or ** Flouse/* is placed the throne, upon 

 the identical carpet of its predecessor, which had been taken up 

 for cleaning, previous to the late fire, and was thus saved. The 

 throne is not new, it being that built for George the Fourth, when 

 Prince Regent, in the Gold Room at Carlton House. It has, 

 however, been considerably altered, and newly embellished. 



On the right of the throne is the King's entrance doorway, 

 and on the same side is a window, fronting a blank wall : nearly 

 facing are two other windows, which command an interesting 

 scene of the dismantled walls and picturesque ruins of St. Ste- 

 phen's Chapel ; the removal of the brick buildings and remains 

 of Mr. Lee's offices opening the view of this beautiful specimen 

 of olden architecture. Over the throne, Sir Robert Smirke has 

 filled up the small original window, and opened, higher, another 

 of five lights. The ceiling of the apartment is of wood, divided 

 by moulded ribs and binders, with a boss or pendention at 

 every other intersection; from which points will be suspended 

 splendid chandeliers. The walls are boarded, grained, and 

 varnished to the height of nine feet above the gallery, whence 

 they are crimson papered, as is c Iso the end above the throne, to 

 the ceiling. 



The Royal Entrance remains as before; but, instead of first 

 proceeding to the Painted Chamber, (now the House of Lords) 

 his Majesty will proceed at once to the Library, whence a 

 passage leads direct to the throne. 



G, p. UEARDEH; PRI^TER, PLYMOUTH. 



