The small banqueting hall of the Russian Tsars, called the Palace of Facets because of its facetted upper story, is the work of two Italians, Marco Ruffo and Pietro Solario, and shows a more Italian style.

* December 26 ( St. Stephen's night ) – First recorded performance of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, before King James I of England in the banqueting hall of Whitehall Palace.

In 1860 he paid local architect John Dobson to design a banqueting hall in the Dene.

In 1883 Armstrong gave Jesmond Dene, together with its banqueting hall to the city of Newcastle.

For his personal use, he had a banqueting hall and living room installed in the massive, central, square French-style dome.

Then the magistrate's wife and her assistants made bowers of vine-leaves, and decorated the house's banqueting hall with " all manner of growing and blooming plants " except for myrtle, whose presence and naming were expressly forbidden.

The vine-leaf bowers and the profusion of plants – any and all but the forbidden myrtle – transform the sophisticated, urban banqueting hall into a " primitive " dwelling, evoking the innocence of an ancestral golden age in which women rule themselves, without reference to men or Venus, drinking " milk and honey ", which are " markers par excellence of utopian golden times " – under the divine authority of Bona Dea.

The Grade I listed banqueting hall, which boasts a fine hammerbeam roof, survives from the original house along with part of the orangery built by Sir Francis Carew and claimed to be the first in England.

The Grade I listed banqueting hall, which boasts a fine hammerbeam roof, survives from the original house along with part of the orangery built by Sir Francis Carew and claimed to be the first in England.

" The central bulk of the castle comprises the two storey banqueting hall, with the library below.

Both include elaborate carvings and fireplaces, that in the banqueting hall depicting the castle itself in the time of Robert, Duke of Normandy, who was imprisoned there in 1126-1134.

Pugin were commissioned to transform the ruined chapel of the old Bishop's Palace into a medieval-style banqueting hall, with a huge perpendicular stained-glass window, choir-stalls and Gothic stenciling on the walls and roof timbers.

Through the Middle Ages the wooden buildings within the castle square evolved and changed, the most significant addition being the Great Hall built of stone and timber, variously used as Parliament house, court of law and banqueting hall.

The castle was reconstructed in a fashion that corresponded to the way it was divided up — into the cellar, the royal house and the banqueting hall building.

An apse lined with mosaics and open to the air still preserves the memory of one of the most famous halls of the ancient palace, the " Triclinium " of Pope Leo III, which was the state banqueting hall.

Another room evokes a medieval banqueting hall.

The prosperity brought by the Asklepieion enabled Epidaurus to construct civic monuments too: the huge theatre that delighted Pausanias for its symmetry and beauty, which is used once again for dramatic performances, the ceremonial Hestiatoreion ( banqueting hall ), baths and a palaestra.

* in Liverpool, Merseyside, the Williamson's tunnels included the site of an ' underground house ' complete with windows ( concealed by work for public opening ) and an extant and partially excavated ' banqueting hall '.

Other notable buildings are the Royal Hop Pole Hotel in Church Street ( which has recently been converted into a part of the Wetherspoons pub chain with the discovery of a former medieval banqueting hall in the structure ), mentioned in Charles Dickens ' The Pickwick Papers, the Bell Hotel, a large half-timbered structure opposite the Abbey gateway, and the House of the Nodding Gables in the High Street.

The new palace contained a concert hall, art galleries, a museum, a lecture hall, a library, a banqueting room and a theatre.

After the restoration of the monarchy, the new Bishop of Durham, John Cosin, in turn demolished Hazelrig's mansion and rebuilt the castle converting the banqueting hall into the chapel that stands today.

Work included the addition of a drawing room, dining room, chapel, library, long gallery, banqueting hall, conservatory and entrance hall.

Noted architect Augustus Pugin designed a new entrance hall, banqueting hall and various other rooms, extending the house further.

The drivers, with the exception of Teo Fabi, barricaded themselves into a banqueting suite at Sunnyside Park Hotel until they had won the day. Lauda won a third world championship in 1984 by half a point over teammate Alain Prost, due to only half points being awarded for the shortened 1984 Monaco Grand Prix.

A banqueting suite at the rear of the west stand, with a conference centre, was opened in April 1992.

Nonsuch Palace should not be confused with Nonsuch Mansion, which is at the east of the park, nor its associated banqueting hall whose foundations are still visible to the south east of the palace site.

As the idea of banqueting developed, it could take place at any time during the day and have much more in common with the later practice of taking tea.

Also located at the ground are conference and banqueting facilities, the Sir Bobby Robson Suite, Legends Bar and a club store selling Ipswich Town merchandise.

The Trust suggests this might involve a ' banqueting room ' at the top of the Arch and a ' nightclub ' in the basement.

It closed after going into administration, and has since reopened as a banqueting centre.

The banqueting hall has been fully restored and there are many exhibits to show what life was like in medieval times.

Tapton Hall, a Grade II listed building is situated on Shore Lane, it was built in 1855 and has been the home of the industrialist Edward Vickers and the snuff mill owner George Wilson, today it is a conference and banqueting centre which is licensed to conduct weddings.

He has also overseen the radical redevelopment of the club's once crumbling Priestfield Stadium, with three new permanent stands and one temporary one transforming it into an all-seater arena, together with other non-footballing facilities such as a banqueting suite.

Since the beginning of the 20th Century, the Toastmaster has forgone the ' chairmanship ' of banqueting duties and had tended to become simply an announcer required to make formal pronouncements and statements.

The hall " has the appearance of a medieval banqueting hall ".

It has a magnificent octagonal banqueting hall rising to a dome.

Southern Hills also has the typical facilities of a country club, including extensive banqueting facilities, a fitness center, swimming and diving pools and tennis courts.

As well as a new stand and extensive corporate facilities the study has also concluded that the development of a major conference and banqueting facility would be of great benefit to the South West region.

There are many suites incorporated within the stand and a banqueting suite and conference centre are attached to the rear, having been opened in April 1992.

As a part of the Earl's estate, it may have been used as a banqueting hall for parties hunting wildfowl in the nearby ponds.

This was a timber-framed banqueting house surrounded by a moated earthwork about by about that 15th century kings used instead of the castle's state apartments.

In the same row Karl XI: s galleri ( Charles XI's gallery ) is located, from 1950 used as the main banqueting room in the Palace with room for about 200 seated guests.

The stand holds the Insider Suite, a conference and banqueting facility, as well as the ticket office, toilets, refreshments facilities and the club shops ; the club shop is relatively large, and was used by Stockport County until 2005.

This was used as a throne room and banqueting hall for the 16th-century and 17th-century tsars and is still used for holding formal state receptions.

Within this stand are a number of banqueting rooms, which are used for corporate hospitality and outside bookings.

* The Baron's Hall was also used as a ' banqueting hall ' location in the early episodes of BBC TV show Merlin.

There was a revival of the great hall concept in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with large halls used for banqueting and entertaining ( but not as eating or sleeping places for servants ) featuring in some houses of this period as part of a broader medieval revival, for example Thoresby Hall.