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^ c^ it«t%»^^^•^^-Vv^ h h hi m^ [K: m Ik \ 1 n '^ m». ^e^ ZL EAST TERRACE WINDSOR CASTLE 1 KingHenryVIII Gate 2 SalisburyTower 3 GarterTower 4 Curfew Tower 5 HorseshoeCloister 6 St. George'sChapel 7 GarterHouse 8 AlbertMemorial Chapel 9 KingHenry III Tower 10 EntranceToNorthTerrace 11 RoL"NT) Tower 12 Xor.man Gate 13 KingCharlesII Statl-e 14 Entr-anceToTheState Apartments 15 KingJohnTower 16 StateEntrance 17 BrunswtckTower 18 PrinceOfWalesTower 19 ChesterTower 20 ClarenceTower 21 Ql-een's Tower 22 Sovereign'sEntrance 23 AugustaTower 24 YorkTower 25 KingGeorge IV Gate 26 L.ANCASTERTOWER 27 KingEdward III Tower 28 St. George's G.ate The State Apartments The StateApartmentsareopendaily throughout the year except when TheQueenisinresidence,i.e.during April, parts of June and parts of December. Queen Mary's Dolls' House TheDolls'HouseandtheExhibition ofDrawings areopen dailythrough- outtheyear,exceptonGoodFriday, Christmas Day and Garter Day. AllthephotographsinthisbookarethecopyrightofHerMajesty TheQueen % :> "^ WINDSOR CASTLE The south frontfrom the Home Park. Here andon the eastfront are theprivate apartments. a^iaws^^^^^^r^.^.^>^'s«^^^:t.^3,^'a^ . Henry VIII Gateway The Lower Ward Themaingatewaytothecastle(above The Castle guard is motinted daily The Lower Ward (above), looking left) is sited at tiie lowest extremity' whentheCourtisinresidenceandthe towards the Middle Ward and the and farthest from the Royal Apart- ceremony takes place in the Quad- Round Tower. On the left is St. ments. It was built in this position so rangle; at other times the guard is George's Chapel, terminating in that, shoulditfalltoattackers,further mounted on the Parade Ground MasterJohnSchome'sTower;beyond progress would require a stem uphill (belowleft). Oneofthefive regiments though not seen in the picture is the fight. The gateway was rebuilt by ofFoot Guards is invariably stationed AlbertMemorial Chapel. Ontheright King Henr\- VIII in about 1510 and atWindsor;inthepicturetheguardis are the lodgings of the Military was named after him, andit bears the being mounted by the Coldstream Knights of the Most Noble Order of pomegranate badge ofhis first queen, Guards. In the background is part of the Garter, and Henry- Ill's Tower. Katherine of Aragon, both above the the Horseshoe Cloister built in 1480 It's round-topped windows are the archandinthe spandrelofa doorway for the clergy of St. George'sChapel. only surviving examples of those within. It now houses lav clerks ofthe choir. inserted by Hugh May for Charles I The Round Tower The Norman Gate • Windsor Castle was built by William III replaced this with the massive high to the top ofthe Round Tower, the Conqueror to complete a ring of stone building known today as the as his alterations to the other parts of castles and fortresses around London. Round Tower (above). The Norman the castletended to dwarfthe original HechoseWindsorbecauseahillthere well in the Tower, which provided Norman buildings. commanded the Thames Valley and drinking water, still exists; the ditch To the north of the Round Tower surrounding countryside. On this hill surviveduntil 1779andisnowmarked is the so-called Norman Gate (right), the Norman builders first raised an bythelowstonewallatthefootofthe actually constructed in the 14th cen- artificial mound some fifty feet high, mound. tury by King Edward III. Its port- ofchalkexcavatedfromasurrounding During his restorations in the early cullisisstillinposition.Thisimposing ditch. Upon this the first keep, of 19th century, Wyatville added a gateleads to theUpper Wardwherein timber, was erected. In 1180 Henrv hollow crown more than thirty feet the Royal Apartments are situated. ^ r^f?J mk above: The Grand Staircase. The madefor Henry VIII at Greenwich in a banquet of the gods. The terra-cotta present staircase was built by Salvin in about 1540. bust is of King Charles II, while the 1866. ThestatueofKing George IVin FACING page: The King's Dining painting in the alcove is Van Dyck's the centre is by Sir Francis Chantrey, Room. The ceiling, painted by Verrio portrait of Henry, Prince of Wales, whiletheburlysuitofarmourbelowwas in 1678-80 represents fittingly enough King Charles Ts elder brother. The King's Drawing Room This room (above) is hung chiefly with pictures by Rubens. On either side of the fireplace are two superb landscapes, Winter and Summer; aboveitistheHolyFamily;attheend ofthe room is the Gerbier Family, in which the central group only is by Rubens. Opposite the fireplace hangs St. Martin Dividing his Cloak (left), whichwaspaintedbyVanDyck. This pictureshowstheinfluenceofRubens, whose assistant he was before his first visit to England. The King's State Bed Chamber Originally King Charles II's State Bed Chamber (right), this room was occupied in the 19th century by foreign sovereigns during State visits (guests are now accommodated in the southwingofthecastle). Thebedwas madebyG.JacobinthereignofLouis XVI and it bears the initials of the Emperor Napoleon III and the Em- pressEugenie,whovisitedWindsorin 1855. Over the fireplace is A View of The Old Library and Church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice by Canaletto.
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