Clock Tower

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clock tower tower

Clock Tower is the former name of Elizabeth Tower, the iconic clock-bearing structure at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London that houses Big Ben.

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Label Occurrences
Clock Tower canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clock tower ⓘ
tower ⓘ
architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ⓘ
surface form: Augustus Pugin

Charles Barry ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
associatedBell Great Bell ⓘ
surface form: Big Ben
clockFaceOrientation east ⓘ
north ⓘ
south ⓘ
west ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1859 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1843 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
formerNameOf Elizabeth Tower ⓘ
governingBody British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: UK Parliament
hasComponent Great Bell ⓘ
belfry ⓘ
clock face ⓘ
clock mechanism ⓘ
smaller bells ⓘ
hasFunction houses Great Bell Big Ben ⓘ
houses clock mechanism ⓘ
hasNickname Elizabeth Tower ⓘ
surface form: Big Ben (colloquially, by metonymy)
height about 316 feet ⓘ
about 96 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
locatedIn Palace of Westminster ⓘ
locatedInCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
locatedInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedOn north end of the Palace of Westminster ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
cast iron ⓘ
limestone cladding ⓘ
namedAfter Palace of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Queen Victoria (as part of the Palace of Westminster rebuilding)
numberOfClockFaces 4 ⓘ
partOf Palace of Westminster ⓘ
partOfUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret’s Church ⓘ
surface form: Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
renamedAs Elizabeth Tower ⓘ
renamingHonours Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
renamingOccasion Diamond Jubilee 2012 ⓘ
surface form: Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II
renamingYear 2012 ⓘ
symbolOf London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
timeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor public clock chimes ⓘ
timekeeping ⓘ

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Elizabeth Tower → previousName → Clock Tower ⓘ