page_title: Two Temple Place
section_title: The vestibule
hierarchical_section_title: Two Temple Place / The vestibule
caption_attribution_description: English: Marble Fireplace in 2 Temple Place on the Embankment
context_page_description: Two Temple Place, known for many years as Astor House, is a building situated near Victoria Embankment in central London. It is known for its architecture, and contains notable works by the likes of William Silver Frith, Sir George Frampton RA, Nathaniel Hitch and Thomas Nicholls.
  On 28 October 2011, Two Temple Place opened as a public gallery. The building has since remained periodically open for exhibitions showcasing publicly owned art from regional collections in the United Kingdom, and is also used as a venue for private hire.
context_section_description: Through the entrance doors one enters a stone-lined vestibule with carvings in the early Renaissance style and inside this vestibule there is a War Memorial Stone remembering those members of The Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors who died in the 1914–18 war, this unveiled by the Duke of York and a Commemoration stone recording the Hall’s opening by Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of York on 19 February 1929.
  The floor is the work of Robert Davison and is a mixture of marble, jasper, porphyry and onyx all laid in geometrical patterns. This is known as "opus alexandrinum". It was Davison who was responsible for all the marble work in the house. There is a similar floor in Westminster Abbey. The staircase is made of oak and mahogany.
caption: Pavonazetto marble fireplace and a glimpse of Davison’s floor.
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