[08/12/2007] The Royal Pavilion in the opinion of the author is a "John Nash version of an Indian Moguls palace", and is very unique. The article explains how very "ornate and exotic, the attraction is and the article tells us how it has had devastating wit from the "English satirists and pundits".
This was a farmhouse in its early history and was built in 1787.The author states by the time "Nash had transformed it from a simple classical villa into an oriental fantasy", the then Prince had become the King of England. The King lived here until the year 1827.
Ten years passed before the new monarch Queen Victoria arrived in Brighton. But the article states that the monarch and Brighton "just didn't mix". Over the next few decades it was left empty. It was not to be completely abandoned and "gradually it was restored to its former splendour". One of the most interesting rooms is the "exceptional interest is the domed Banqueting Room". It has chandeliers of bronze dragons supported by lily-like glass globes. In the State Apartments we are told you can view the "domed salon, dragons wink at you, serpents entwine, and lacquered doors shine". On the first floor you can also "look for Nash's views of the Pavilion in its elegant heyday".
The article tells us finally that you can view "other attractions" that include Queen Victoria's Apartments, beautifully re-created, and the impressively restored South Galleries and breakfast rooms for George IV's guests".
There are also "refreshments" that are "available in the Queen Adelaide Tea Room".
This review is an interpretation of the above mentioned author
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