Pass
through Saint George's Gateway, and enter the grand quadrangle to
which it leads. Let your eye wander round it, beginning with the inner
sides of Edward the Third's Tower and George the Fourth's Gateway,
and proceeding to the beautiful private entrance to the sovereign's
apartments, the grand range of windows of the eastern corridor, the
proud towers of the gateway to the household, the tall pointed windows
of Saint George's Hall, the state entrance tower, with its noble
windows, until it finally rests upon the Stuart buildings and King John's
Tower, at the angle of the pile.
Internally the alterations made by the architects have been of
corresponding splendour and importance. Around the south and east
sides of the court at which you are gazing, a spacious corridor has
been constructed, five hundred and fifty feet in length, and connected
with the different suites of apartments on these sides of the
quadrangle; extensive alterations have been made in the domestic
offices; the state apartments have been repaired and rearranged; Saint
George's Hall has been enlarged by the addition of the private chapel
(the only questionable change), and restored to the Gothic style; and
the Waterloo Chamber built to contain George the Fourth's munificent
gift to the nation of the splendid collection of portraits now occupying
it.
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