THE PEERS’ REFRESHMENT ROOMS.
These rooms are situated on the north side of the Bishop’s Corridor, leading from the Victoria Hallto the Peers’ Libraries. The extreme length is 102 feet, width 19 feet, and height 15 feet. In .thecentre is an elaborate carved oak screen, fitted as a bar and service room, and communicating by a stair-case and lift with the kitchen below. The room in which the view is taken is used as a dining-room,and the portion beyond the screen is appropriated as a tea-room, to which a private access may alsobe obtained from the Library Corridor. The decorations of the ceiling are extremely simple, but inperfect harmony with the rooms, the panels being filled with a neat design, enriched with pomegranates,pines, and other fruit. At present the sides of the rooms have a crimson and gold paper, of elegantdesign; but it is proposed that the spaces will, at a future period, be decorated with paintings.