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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
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The south frontfrom the Home Park. Here andon the eastfront are theprivate apartments.
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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
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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.
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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.
