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THE NORTH PORTICO, 



is formed by four Ionic columns two feet ten inches and 

 half diameter, and two pilasters ; on each side of the steps 

 is the figure of a lion couchant. 



On one side of the Hall are a bed room and two dressing 

 rooms, fitted up with a magnificent Bed, occupied by His 

 Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, when the Prince of 

 Wales visited Stowe in the year 1805. On the toilet is a 

 splendid service of Silver dressing plate. 



On the other side of the Hall are two dressing rooms and 

 a bed chamber hung with white damask. There is like- 

 wise a little dressing closet belonging to this apartment, 

 which opens into the North-west Corridore. 



Over these two apartments are two others, one hung with 

 green damask, the other with tapestry of the four elements ; 

 each apartment consisting of a bed chamber and two dres- 

 sing rooms. 



THE CIRCULAR CORRIDORES, 



are formed by twenty-seven Ionic columns two feet diameter, 

 and one pilaster, adorned with antique busts, of marble, 

 some of them remarkably fine. 



THE GRAND STAIR-CASE, 



adorned with paintings by Jones — leads to the Bed Rooms 

 in the upper story. 



AN ANTI-ROOM, 

 the walls are ornamented with original designs of Scenery in 



