Main Vestibule

Detail of marble mosaic floor by Boris Anrep, depicting Prime Minister Winston Churchill as 'Defiance'

The Main Vestibule, just beyond the Portico entrance, leads up the stairs to Central Hall, Room 1 and the galleries on the main floor. Boris Anrep's mosaics were added in the 1920s and 30s, depicting leading figures of the day as characters from mythology.