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  • Cavern and the one known as the Banqueting Hall, are of vast extent, and are not infrequently used for concerts and other entertainments held in aid of local charities.

    The Cornish Riviera Sidney Heath 1907

  • It is larger than an ordinary-sized house, and has pillars running up the front and two rows of windows, and is called the Banqueting Hall.

    The Children's Book of London

  • The centre boasts the grand hall titled the Banqueting Hall which sits around 350 people, a caterers 'kitchen, a bar and store, the Elgar Hall for between 80 and 100 people, Purcell and Sullivan Halls, suitable for conferences, and two committee rooms.

    unknown title 2009

  • Last week when I dashed into the Banqueting Hall without waiting for Watkins, the footman, to open the door he is nearly blind and takes an age, but he served the old king and is therefore guaranteed a place for life, she made sure that all and sundry heard of my rough-hewn behaviour.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Squinting into the bright sun, we saw a small group of onlookers who had climbed the rickety scaffolding and were watching from atop the great Banqueting Hall.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • He created the Banqueting House in Whitehall, as a celebration of the Stuart monarchy, from whose balcony Charles I would exit to his execution.

    The Renaissance in Britain: examples from the era 2011

  • Harmony and symmetry entered English architecture with stage designer Inigo Jones, who brought the aesthetic of Palladio first to the new-build Queen's House at Greenwich and then to his replacement for the destroyed Banqueting House at Whitehall.

    British architecture: The English Renaissance 2011

  • We scrambled up the scaffolding, and people already on top of the Banqueting Hall hoisted us up—it is much higher than it seems, but such an orderly pretty building up close, hard to imagine that this is where they executed the old king.

    Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

  • Jones also designed stage sets for masques and plays, by Ben Jonson among others, many staged at Banqueting House.

    The Renaissance in Britain: examples from the era 2011

  • She celebrated her wedding to his son, Hasan, at the Banqueting House in Whitehall in September 2009, and the couple now share a flat in Hampstead.

    Lord Woolf's conflict of interest at the LSE | Nick Cohen 2011

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