Clerk of the Works at Westminster

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administrative position historical office public office

The Clerk of the Works at Westminster was an official responsible for overseeing the construction, maintenance, and repair of royal and parliamentary buildings within the Westminster complex in London.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Clerk of the King’s Works	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative position ⓘ historical office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesTo	associated offices and service buildings at Westminster ⓘ parliamentary buildings at Westminster ⓘ royal palaces at Westminster ⓘ
associatedWith	Palace of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Houses of Parliament Palace of Westminster ⓘ Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey precinct (in relation to Crown works)
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
duty	implementing repairs ⓘ inspecting fabric of buildings ⓘ managing building accounts ⓘ ordering building materials ⓘ overseeing building projects ⓘ reporting on condition of buildings ⓘ supervising craftsmen and labourers ⓘ supervising maintenance staff ⓘ
employer	Parliamentary authorities ⓘ Royal Household of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Royal Household the Crown ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Palace of Westminster ⓘ City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
historicalRole	implementation of Crown building policy at Westminster ⓘ oversight of Westminster building fabric ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Westminster, London, England ⓘ surface form: Westminster, London
partOf	Crown building works ⓘ royal works administration ⓘ
reportsTo	officers of the royal works ⓘ senior royal officials ⓘ
responsibleFor	construction of parliamentary buildings at Westminster ⓘ construction of royal buildings at Westminster ⓘ maintenance of parliamentary buildings at Westminster ⓘ maintenance of royal buildings at Westminster ⓘ repair of parliamentary buildings at Westminster ⓘ repair of royal buildings at Westminster ⓘ
sector	building and construction ⓘ public administration ⓘ
workContext	parliamentary estate management ⓘ royal building works ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Geoffrey Chaucer → positionHeld → Clerk of the Works at Westminster ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clerk of the King’s Works

Nicholas Hawksmoor → positionHeld → Clerk of the Works at Westminster ⓘ