The great staircase, designed to be grand and imposing, rose to the east side of the house, and formed part of the guest's state route from the Hall and Saloon on the first floor to the principal dining room and bedroom on the second.

The estate stable block has been converted into an exhibition devoted to the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, who is buried on the estate, and provides an attractive sandstone setting that effectively offsets the imposing facade of the house.

Simon Inglis, writing in 1996, described it as an " imposing red-brick facade, with its mock neo-classical arched, square and pedimented windows, exudes prestige and power.

It was placed next to a large pond, which reflected its imposing facade and dome.

The facade is an imposing structure in the Gothic style, built of local limestone.

The school's imposing facade stands out as one of the main architectural attractions of Mussoorie.

Of more importance were the alterations he made in Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano ( c. 1586 ), where he introduced into the loggia of the north facade an imposing double arcade of wide span and ample sweep, and probably added the two-story portico the Scala Santa.

The villa has an imposing 17th-century facade and some other interesting architectural and environmental features, such as the double gallery order on the rear facade, the spiral-shaped flights, the large exedra of the Water Theatre and the magnificent park.

Stone from the cove was also used to construct the nearby church of St Buryan, whose 92 foot granite tower is an imposing local landmark often used as a line of sight by fishermen coming into port.

Chief Justice and Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone have a " handsome memorial " within 25 yards of Stephen Johnson Field's " imposing black obelisk ".

In a time when most dance bands consisted of six to 10 men, Whiteman directed a much larger and more imposing group of up to 35 musicians.

These moves consisted primarily in imposing restrictions on Orthodox clergy and the exclusion of Orthodox Christians from positions of authority.

In the quest of imposing national homogeneity on the country where half of the population consisted of ethnic minorities, Reza Shah had previously issued in quick succession bans on the use of Azerbaijani language on the premises of schools, in theatrical performances, religious ceremonies, and, finally, in the publication of books.

The main city walls are known as “ Ninth century walls ”, " Barbarossa Walls " ( 12th century ), " Fourteenth century walls ", " Sixteenth century walls " and " New Walls " (" Mura Nuove " in Italian ), the more imposing, built in the first half of 17th century on the ridge of hills around the city, having a length of almost 20 kilometres.

The salon is covered by a huge slate dome surmounted with an imposing lantern and is fronted with a two-storey portico that is almost identical to one at the Hôtel Tambonneau.

After the imposing of the password lock, Susning became a more inactive project, and a dozen users made almost all edits.

Once, she was a prostitute, an outcast ; now, she is the opposite: she hovers above society in a mythic, almost goddess-like position by imposing her own " rule of law " to exact her own idea of " justice " on the town of Guellen.

This cross is made in order to effect the fabulous " fringed ", " feathered " or " ruffled " lip of the bloom ; it also expands the lip of the blossom and the most imposing cattleya hybrids almost always have this species in their ancestry.

The British made the situation much worse by imposing a tight blockade on every American port, which cut off almost all imports and exports.

The exterior walls of the sanctuary are imposing and almost entirely undecorated.

The Court reasoned that the United States Congress had passed a law imposing sanctions on Myanmar, and that the Massachusetts law " undermine the intended purpose and ' natural effect ' of at least three provisions of the federal Act, that is, its delegation of effective discretion to the President to control economic sanctions against Burma, its limitation of sanctions solely to United States persons and new investment, and its directive to the President to proceed diplomatically in developing a comprehensive, multilateral strategy towards Burma.

In 1955 the Lions toured South Africa and left with another imposing record, one draw and 19 wins from the 25 fixtures.

The arrival of the Hittites in Anatolia in prehistoric times was one of a superstrate imposing itself on a native culture, either by means of

Goldziher writes, in his Mohammedan Studies: "... it is not surprising that, among the hotly debated controversial issues of Islam, whether political or doctrinal, there is not one in which the champions of the various views are unable to cite a number of traditions, all equipped with imposing isnads ".

Kerferd provides an example of one widespread modern view of the sophists: “… they were a set of charlatans that appeared in Greece in the fifth century, and earned ample livelihood by imposing on public credulity: professing to teach virtue, they really taught the art of fallacious discourse, and meanwhile propagated immoral practical doctrines .”

A post mortem trust constituted externally from a will but imposing obligations as a trustee on one, or more, legatees of a will.

The highest and most imposing one is the Nuraghe Sant ' Antine near the village of Torralba.

* Reduction by one grade, if original rank in promotion authority of imposing officer ( USA / USAF E-4 and below.

From the columns being only partially fluted, as well as from other signs, it is clear that it never was completed ; but all the more important parts of the structure were finished, and it must have certainly been one of the most imposing fabrics in antiquity.

The test requires nested models, that is: models in which the more complex one can be transformed into the simpler model by imposing a set of constraints on the parameters.

The cathedral is frequently the most imposing building, and one of the most ancient buildings in its town.

* A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place ; " there was a three-storey building on the corner "; " it was an imposing edifice "

Caernarfon Castle, one of the most imposing of Edward's Welsh castles.

This prompted the English conquest of Gwynedd, and subsequent construction of Caernarfon Castle, one of the largest and most imposing fortifications built by the English in order to control Wales.

Despite these incidences of occasional violence between African and European forces however, many African states were able to ensure that any trade went on in their own terms, imposing custom duties on foreign ships, and in one case that occurred in 1525, the Kongolese king, Afonso I, seized a French vessel and its crew for illegally trading on his coast.

In 1890 the government launched a competition to design new buildings for the museum, with architect Alfred Waterhouse as one of the judges ; this would give the museum a new imposing front entrance.

There are less than one dozen houses that claim a Ringling Road address ; but those houses range from a small, stone cottage to large, imposing mansions.

The school was kept in two buildings, one the large two-story stone structure erected in 1868, and having an imposing appearance with its twin towers.

Møn is one of Denmark's most popular destinations for tourists with its imposing white chalk cliffs, beautiful countryside, sandy beaches and the inviting old market town of Stege.

James Madison believed that the mere existence of the Commerce Clause would bar states from imposing any duty of tonnage: " He was more and more convinced that the regulation of Commerce was in its nature indivisible and ought to be wholly under one authority.

The imposing Cloth Hall was built in the 13th century and was one of the largest commercial buildings of the Middle Ages.

The Babri Masjid was a large imposing structure with three domes, one central and two secondary.

That the provisions of the Constitution and laws of California in respect to the assessment for taxation of the property of railway corporations operating railroads in more than one county, are in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution insofar as they require the assessment of their property at its full money value without making deduction, as in the case of railroads operated in one county and of other corporations and of natural persons, for the value of the mortgages covering the property assessed, thus imposing upon the defendant unequal burdens, and to that extent denying to it the equal protection of the laws.

He became one of the leaders in the encyclopædic or pansophic movement of the seventeenth century, and, in fact, was inclined to sacrifice his more practical educational interests and opportunities for these more imposing but somewhat visionary projects.