Palace of Westminster

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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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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

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Anston limestone notableUseInBuilding Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament, London
Anston limestone notableUseInBuilding Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Palace of Westminster, London
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin designed Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: interiors of the Palace of Westminster
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin notableWork Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Palace of Westminster interiors
House of Lords chamber partOf Palace of Westminster
Edward FitzRoy workLocation Palace of Westminster
Star Chamber locatedIn Palace of Westminster
Lord Speaker of the House of Lords seat Palace of Westminster
Parliamentary Labour Party meetsAt Palace of Westminster
St Stephen’s Hall partOf Palace of Westminster
St Stephen’s Hall locatedIn Palace of Westminster
St Stephen’s Hall connects Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Westminster Hall
St Stephen’s Hall locatedInBuildingComplex Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Westminster School locatedNear Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Middlesex Guildhall faces Palace of Westminster
Middlesex Guildhall near Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Victoria Tower location Palace of Westminster
Victoria Tower partOf Palace of Westminster
Victoria Tower partOf Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: UK Parliament estate
Elizabeth Tower locatedIn Palace of Westminster
Elizabeth Tower partOf Palace of Westminster
Central London contains Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Rump Parliament meetsIn Palace of Westminster
Westminster Bridge adjacentTo Palace of Westminster
Westminster Bridge adjacentTo Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) location Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Westminster Hall
Lambeth Palace near Palace of Westminster
Clerk of the Works at Westminster hasJurisdiction Palace of Westminster
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
Margaret Tudor placeOfBirth Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Westminster Palace
Elizabeth of York birthPlace Palace of Westminster
House of Commons of England meetsIn Palace of Westminster
Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall nearby Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
lying-in-state of Elizabeth II location Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Westminster Hall
lying-in-state of Elizabeth II locatedIn Palace of Westminster
Parliament of 1629 location Palace of Westminster
Caxton House, Tothill Street, London near 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
County Hall locatedOpposite Palace of Westminster
Jubilee Gardens hasViewOf Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Government Whips Office locatedIn Palace of Westminster
Shadow Secretary of State for Health seat Palace of Westminster
Edward Middleton Barry notableWork Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament, London
Edward Middleton Barry notableWork Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: New Palace of Westminster
Sarah Rowsell notableWork Palace of Westminster
subject surface form: Sir Charles Barry
Model Parliament of 1295 location Palace of Westminster
Woolsack locatedIn Palace of Westminster
Downing Street near Palace of Westminster
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament