Victoria Tower
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Victoria Tower is a prominent square stone tower at the southwest end of the Palace of Westminster in London, historically used to store the parliamentary archives and forming part of the iconic UK parliamentary skyline.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Victoria Tower Bell | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clock tower
ⓘ
government building ⓘ landmark ⓘ tower ⓘ |
| architect |
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
ⓘ
surface form:
Augustus Pugin
Charles Barry ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Gothic Revival architecture
ⓘ
Perpendicular Gothic ⓘ |
| builtDuringReignOf | Queen Victoria ⓘ |
| category |
Gothic Revival architecture in London
ⓘ
Government buildings in the United Kingdom ⓘ Towers in the City of Westminster ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1860 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 51.4995°N 0.1257°W ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedAs | fireproof repository for parliamentary records ⓘ |
| flagFlown |
Royal Standard when the monarch is present in Parliament
ⓘ
Union Flag at other times ⓘ |
| function |
repository of parliamentary archives
ⓘ
storage of House of Lords and House of Commons records ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
gargoyles
ⓘ
large arched entrance ⓘ ornate pinnacles ⓘ |
| hasFlagpole | yes ⓘ |
| hasShape | square plan ⓘ |
| height |
323 feet
ⓘ
98.5 metres ⓘ |
| houses | Parliamentary Archives ⓘ |
| inception | 1843 ⓘ |
| isOn | Victoria Tower Gardens side of the Palace of Westminster ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
City of Westminster
ⓘ
England ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| location | Palace of Westminster ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
iron
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Queen Victoria ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 14 ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Thames
ⓘ
surface form:
River Thames
|
| partOf |
Palace of Westminster
ⓘ
Palace of Westminster ⓘ
surface form:
UK Parliament estate
Westminster World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
|
| position | southwest end of the Palace of Westminster ⓘ |
| replaced | earlier record tower destroyed in the 1834 fire ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageStatusSince | 1987 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British Parliament
ⓘ
surface form:
UK Parliament
|
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Victoria Tower Bell