On the river side of Whitehall, the ground floor, roughly parallel to the river. Above it was the Matted Gallery.
Stone Gallery (Whitehall Palace)
Map
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Open location in Google Maps: 51.503868, -0.124712
1893 text
The Stone Gallery was a long passage between the Privy Garden and the river. It led from the Bowling Green to the Court of the Palace.
This text comes from a footnote on a diary entry in the 1893 edition edited by Henry B. Wheatley.
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First Reading
JWB • Link
" Prince Rupert had rooms in the Stone Gallery, which ran along the south side of Privy Gardens, beyond the main buildings of the palace, and beneath him were the apartments of the king’s mistresses, Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine..."
"WHITEHALL ", AUGUSTUS J.C. HARE
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TerryF • Link
in Aqua Scripto's link shows The Stone Gallery where JWB has indicated http://www.londonancestor.com/map…