• Turn right into Buckingham Gate and cross the road…

Do have a look at  Westminster Chapel as you cross. Completed in 1865, it was designed by the architect William Ford Poulton in a Lombard Romanesque Revival style, using stock brick with some red brick and stone dressings. The façade facing you is gabled and has a recessed triple-arched central porch, with graduated arcading above, all having decorative shafting. There is a tower to the right, with coupled arched windows.    ///books.object.same

• Cross over Castle Lane and enter Wilfred Street on your left…

The buildings in this area are largely early 20th century but a handful of Georgian survivals can be found scattered throughout the area. The detailing of this part of the conservation area ‘echoes that of Queen Anne’s Gate to the other side’.

• Walk to the end of Wilfred Street noting the unusual statue (shown above) at the corner of Catherine Place…  ///float.locate.clip

The Cask and Glass Public House at the corner with Palace Street, is another ‘simple building’ dating from the early 19th century. Another famous pub is ‘The Colonies’.

• Turn right into Palace Street until you reach Stafford Place…

As you walk down past the pleasant red-brick and stone Victorian mansions you’ll see a granite tablet let into the surface of Stafford Mansions on your right. This commemorates the use of the building as the headquarters of the Free French Naval forces during the Second World War.   ///quest.fully.study

As you walk past Stafford Mansions you come to a row of elegant Georgian houses. Number 16, was the home of Lord Hore-Belisha. As Minister of Transport, he proved highly successful in modernising the British road system in 1934–37 and introduced the amber "Belisha beacons" which have been installed at many pedestrian crossings.   ///pizza.learn.sulk

• Just across the road, you will see a short passageway - walk through it and turn right at the end into Buckingham Gate…

Across this road, you will see the entrance to the Queen’s Gallery which houses the Royal Collection.  (Follow the link above for details of special exhibitions and to books tickets).