The
Complex is about 8 acres on elevated land, having
trees and hedge both sides of half km road (with
divider in between)from
main gate ending near a cannon in centre and a
circular fountain facing the Vijayraj Palace Hotel.
On both sides of the road are well laid out lawns.
There are out-houses for different category of
room guests, and the Rajvant
Palace
is adjoining.
The Vijay Palace was built by Maharaja
Chhatra Singhji for his
son Yuvraj Vijay Sinhji
in 1910 AD., before he
ascended the throne in September
1915. The Palace has a Victorian
architecture with classical
colonnaded semi-circular portico as
the entrance, Corinthian pillars,
Gothic arches, European domes
and views of the river
at the rear. The 7 acre
grounds have been laid
into formal gardens by
a professional landscape architect,
crested arch doors
lead to a marble floored
hall, that now serves
as the reception of the
hotel. The drawing
room has retained it's
original character with
European settees, elegant tables,
royal portraits and black metal
European statutory. The teak wooden floor,
banqueting hall next to
the drawing room, has
a long wooden 24 seated dining
table, on the wall are historic photographs
of Maharajah Vijay Sinhji's exploits of the
races and polo. A number of
old and new decorative objects
and in brass, marble
and ceramics decorate the hall.
A portable screen partition
separates the banqueting and
drawing areas, which is
removed when the palace
is chartered for corporate conferences. |
