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18. With exception to the circular room (of paragraph 15) the interior 

 of the whole of the principal floor is of the Roman Doric Order. 



19. On the third floor the dimensions of the several apartments 

 necessarily correspond with those immediately below, just described, 

 excluding the circular room, which comprehends both floors. In this 

 third floor also is the same arrangement of the saloon as that described 

 for the principal floor, but the Order throughout is the Antique Ionic, 

 nineteen feet high with fluted columns, pilasters, &c. surmounted by a 

 coved ceiling rising two feet nine inches. 



20. The whole of the apartments in both these floors are ceiled 

 with canvas, or teak wood frames, through which are fitted into the 

 beams strong brass hinge-hooks for punkahs, and brass for lamps or 

 lustres, to an extent ample for every purpose of use or ornament. 



21. In both floors the doors are painted in imitation of different 

 woods (Satin wood, Mahogany, Oak, Maple, &c.) and highly varnished ; 

 and, with a few exceptions (in the minor apartments of the wings) 

 they are fitted with plated locks, bolts, and hinges, and hand-guards ; 

 also on the principal floor. 



22. All the apartments in the wings of both floors are coloured 

 in distemper, in light tints of various colours ; and the walls, as high 

 as the surbase of the vestibule, and four staircases are painted in 

 imitation of marble ; all with very good effect. There are twelve fire- 

 places, with carved mantel pieces of teak, also painted and varnished 

 in successful imitation of rare marbles. 



23. The floors of the whole of the public apartments of the princi- 

 pal story, including the vestibule and landing places of the great stair- 

 cases, are paved with polished marble ; and those of the corresponding 

 apartments in the third story, with the landing places of all the four 

 staircases, are laid with teak boarding. 



24. The whole of the public rooms in both floors, and the columns 

 in the wings, are finished with polished stucco, in imitation of the 

 Madras chunam ; and it may here be observed, that the flutings and 

 finishings of all the columns, exterior and interior, are remarkably 

 well defined, and evenly and sharply wrought ; a completion very rare, 

 where brick and plaster are the materials, in houses even of the high- 

 est pretensions in this country. 



25. The basement floor is finished in a plain style, having a simple 

 moulded band under the beams and no ceilings. The doors and 

 windows are of appropriate substantial construction, fitted with brass 

 locks, bolts, and hinges, and painted plainly. Under the circular 

 room (of paragraph 15) are four strong lock-up closets for treasure, plate, 

 jewels, or other articles of value, with a large open space for a guard. 



