Is placed on the south side of the Choir at the extreme east, and is occupied by the Bishop of London on great occasions. On ordinary days he sits in the central stall on the same side of the Choir. The Throne, like the stalls, is the work of Grinling Gibbons. Thirty of the stalls are set apart for the Prebendaries of the Cathedral, and on each is the name of the Prebend from which the income of each occupant was anciently derived, together with the opening words of the Psalm commencing the portion of the Psalter which each Prebendary was bound to recite daily; the Psalms being divided into thirty parts, and the whole Psalter being thus said every day.

To the left, or east, of the Throne, is seen the extremely beautiful Grille or Screen of wrought iron enriched by gilded bronze. The greater part of the ironwork once formed the gates at the western entrance of the Choir.

In the foreground appears a grand bronze Candelabrum, an exact copy of that in the Cathedral of S. Bavon, Ghent. There are four of these Candelabra at Ghent, which are said to have been removed from S. Paul’s Cathedral. Copies of two of these now adorn the Sanctuary; one only is seen in the illustration.