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Video Player Close. With windows opening onto a balcony overlooking Stable Yard and recesses flanked by Corinthian columns, the music room provides a grand setting for meetings, press briefings or formal dinners.

The house records also show that he gave lessons to the young Lady Constance. The state drawing room is suitable for a wide range of events.

It can accommodate 40 people at a boardroom table, 34 for a lunch or dinner, and for a reception. Many dignitaries have enjoyed the splendid setting of the state drawing room. The Lancaster House Treaty was signed here beneath the richly coffered ceiling. Between the windows, which look onto St. The ornate chimney pieces are flanked by old bell pulls with faceted crystal centres, recalling the days when the house employed a large retinue of servants.

The green room is ideal as a dining room for up to 20 people. As a press briefing room, it can seat 28 people theatre style. Ministers have also used it as a private office during conferences. The clock on the table against the west wall is said to have belonged to Napoleon when he was First Consul. Before the London Museum was moved to Kensington Palace, the gold room housed the famous Cheapside hoard of Elizabethan treasure.

With its original chandelier and antique clock by Thuillier of Paris, the gold room still retains more than an echo of wealth and splendour. The room features 2 eagles which were part of the base for an original large mirrored buffet table which no longer exists. There is no explanation as to why the eagles were placed in the room, but they give the room its current name. Find out more about the house, including venue hire, on the Lancaster House website.

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