[1] There was a campaign around 1865 to remodel the palace, that included redecoration, the alteration of the principal access and the arrange of the frontispiece under the direction of António Tomás da Fonseca.

[1] The palace required significant repairs in 1914, and was in the course of being purchased by the State Railways (Caminhos de Ferro do Estado) and eventually concluded in 1919.

[1] By 1941, the Directorate-General of the State Railways was operating from the site, but was eventually replaced by the Superior Council of Public Works, forerunner of the Ministério das Obras Publicas, Transportes e Comunicações.

[1] The State Commission for Furniture Acquisition, along with the architects Eduardo Moreira Santos and Luís Benavente, began to deal with providing furniture for Public Works, complementing the work and expansion at that the Direção Regional dos Edifícios de Lisboa (Lisbon Regional Directorate for Buildings).

[1] The principal elevation, in the north, is characterized by a succession of wall, doors with access to the patio and top of the northern wing, delimited laterally by granite cornerstones.

[1] The wainscotting is visible for the monochromatic azulejo tiles, that predate the northern part of the eastern wing, whose ground floor is marked by three arches with the access to the interior.