Palace of Westminster

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Grade I listed building World Heritage Site palace parliament building seat of legislature

The Palace of Westminster is the historic riverside complex in London that serves as the meeting place and symbolic heart of the United Kingdom’s Houses of Parliament.

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Observed surface forms (19)

Surface form Occurrences
Houses of Parliament 40
Westminster Hall 12
Westminster Palace 4

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grade I listed building ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ
palace ⓘ
parliament building ⓘ
seat of legislature ⓘ
adjacentTo Westminster Bridge ⓘ
architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ⓘ
Charles Barry ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form: Perpendicular Gothic Revival
associatedWith British constitution ⓘ
UK government ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom government
constructionMaterial Anston limestone ⓘ
contains Central Lobby ⓘ
Committee Rooms ⓘ
House of Commons chamber ⓘ
House of Lords chamber ⓘ
Queen’s Robing Room ⓘ
Royal Gallery ⓘ
St Stephen’s Hall ⓘ
Palace of Westminster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Hall
coordinates 51.4995°N 0.1248°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
destroyedBy fire of 1834 ⓘ
floorArea approximately 112,000 square metres ⓘ
function ceremonial ⓘ
legislative ⓘ
governedBy Parliamentary Estates Directorate ⓘ
hasClock Great Clock of Westminster ⓘ
hasTower Central Tower ⓘ
Elizabeth Tower ⓘ
Victoria Tower ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hosts State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
locatedIn City of Westminster ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
locatedOn north bank of the River Thames ⓘ
managedBy British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: UK Parliament
near Parliament Square ⓘ
Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
notableFeature Great Clock of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Big Ben bell
numberOfCorridors about 3 miles of corridors ⓘ
numberOfRooms over 1,000 ⓘ
numberOfStaircases about 100 ⓘ
officialWebsite https://www.parliament.uk ⓘ
originalFunction royal residence ⓘ
owner Crown Estate ⓘ
postalCode SW1A 0AA ⓘ
predecessorBuilding medieval royal palace of Westminster ⓘ
publicAccess guided tours available ⓘ
reconstructionBegan 1840 ⓘ
reconstructionCompleted 1870 ⓘ
restoration extensive 19th-century reconstruction after 1834 fire ⓘ
securityProvidedBy Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
surface form: Metropolitan Police Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection
servesAs meeting place of the House of Commons ⓘ
meeting place of the House of Lords ⓘ
seat of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
symbolizes British parliamentary democracy ⓘ
political heart of the United Kingdom ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1987 ⓘ

Referenced by (199)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament Square → adjacentTo → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Parliament Square → adjacentTo → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Parliament Square → adjacentTo → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westminster Hall
Thames → adjacentTo → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Victoria Tower Gardens → adjacentTo → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Westminster Bridge → adjacentTo → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Westminster Bridge → adjacentTo → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Clerk of the Works at Westminster → associatedWith → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Clerk of the Works at Westminster → associatedWith → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Portcullis with chains → associatedWith → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westminster Palace
Sword of State → associatedWithBuilding → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Elizabeth of York → birthPlace → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Commons → buildingPartOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of Westminster complex
this entity surface form: House of Commons Chamber
St Stephen’s Hall → connects → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westminster Hall
Central London → contains → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
City of Westminster → contains → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
City of Westminster → contains → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Palace of Westminster → contains → Palace of Westminster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westminster Hall
Westminster World Heritage Site → contains → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Westminster World Heritage Site → contains → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westminster Hall
Westminster, London, England → contains → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Westminster, London, England → contains → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
subject surface form: Edith of Scotland
this entity surface form: Westminster Palace, London, England
Edward the Black Prince → deathPlace → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westminster Palace
Henry III of England → deathPlace → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Houses of Parliament series → depicts → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Houses of Parliament series → depicts → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament in London
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin → designed → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: interiors of the Palace of Westminster
Middlesex Guildhall → faces → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Statue of Nelson Mandela, Parliament Square → faces → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Court of King’s Bench → hadSeat → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Royal Gallery → hasAlternativeName → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Gallery of the Palace of Westminster
Leinster House, Dublin → hasCategory → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: Leinster House
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Clerk of the Works at Westminster → hasJurisdiction → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Inner London → hasLandmark → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Victorian architecture → hasNotableExample → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Westminster Hall and Burying Ground → hasPart → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westminster Hall
London, England → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: London
this entity surface form: UK Parliament buildings
Jubilee Gardens → hasViewOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
South Bank of the River Thames → hasViewOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Victoria Tower Gardens → hasViewOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
London, England → hosts → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: London
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
London, England → hosts → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: London
this entity surface form: Big Ben
Central Lobby → locatedIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ