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Work Record
Class [controlled]:
• architecture • government buildings
*Work
Type [link to authority]: •
parliament buildings
*Title/Name: Houses
of Parliament Title Type:
preferred
*Title/Name: Westminster
Palace Title Type:
alternate
*Title/Name: Westminster
New Palace Title Type:
alternate
*Creator
Display: architects: Charles Barry
(English, 1795-1860), assisted by Augustus Welby
Northmore Pugin (English, 1812-1852)
*Role
[link]: supervising architect [link]:
Barry, Charles
*Role
[link]: associated architect [link]:
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore
*Creation
Date Display: construction on current
structure was begun in 1837, the cornerstone was
laid in 1840, and work was finished in 1860
[controlled]: Earliest:
1837 Latest: 1860
*Subject
[link to authority]: •
architecture • government • parliament
• government office buildings • legislative
buildings • towers (building divisions) •
spires
Style [link]:
Gothic Revival
Culture [link]: British
*Current
Location [link to authority]: London
(England)
*Measurements:
Victoria Tower: 102 m (height) (336 feet); Saint
Stephen's Tower (Big Ben): 97.5 m (height) (320
feet)
[controlled] Extent: greatest
height Value: 102
Unit: m Type: height
*Materials
and Techniques: cut stone, bearing
masonry
Material [links]: •
masonry • stone Technique
[links]: • dimension stone •
load-bearing walls
Description: Possibly
site of a royal palace of the Danish king of England,
Canute. Site of the palace of Edward the Confessor
in the 11th century, enlarged by William I the
Conqueror. Badly damaged by fire in 1512; House
of Commons met in Saint Stephen's Chapel by 1550,
the Lords used another apartment of the palace.
A fire in 1834 destroyed much of the palace. Construction
on current structure dates 1837-1860. The Commons
Chamber was destroyed in an air raid in World
War II, reopened in 1950.
Related Images
[links to Image records]: •
2345 (exterior view, facing west) •
2346 (exterior view, facing southwest)
Required and recommended elements
are marked with an asterisk.
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