Devonshire House, Piccadilly,shortly io be milled down, was lmilt in I<-ii liv one Kent, tlie architect tor the third Duke of Devonshire. Squat, gloomy. and unimposinp though it appears to the p&sser-by, its interior giv« the impression of a eertu.ni stately, though sombre, magnificence. 7 lie hallroom is one of tlie finest in the kingdom, and possesses a beautiful circular staircase. The low, broad stents are of pure white marble, flank?d on the one side by an alabaster wall, and on the other bv a handrail composed of oblong blocks of rock crystal clamped together by bands of silver gilt.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18185, 23 September 1924, Page 5
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