Today, they are a stately network of 20 rooms and grand galleries.
In this time the grand gallery above the vestry of the parish church was created, it can be admired till today.
Nowhere is the Met's effort at the historical re-creation of the 19th century more evocative than in this grand gallery.
The company walked down a narrow corridor leading to a grand gallery.
The grand gallery, which extended along the existing bridge to cross the entire river, was dedicated in 1577.
It might be a gala, taking up the length of the grand gallery, a room filled with priceless paintings and sculptures.
The elevator again opened into the grand white gallery on the 66th floor.
Inside, visitors roamed its grand galleries, peering into glass cases that stretched from the floor midway to the 20-foot vaulted ceilings.
The walls of stone were gray and white throughout half a dozen grand galleries.
A grand gallery was added along with a third floor.