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
UK Parliament estate	3
Houses of Parliament, London	2
Speaker’s House, Palace of Westminster	2
Big Ben	1
House of Commons Chamber	1
House of Commons chamber	1
House of Lords complex	1
Houses of Parliament in London	1
New Palace of Westminster	1
Palace of Westminster complex	1
Palace of Westminster interiors	1
Palace of Westminster, London	1
Royal Gallery of the Palace of Westminster	1
UK Parliament buildings	1
Westminster Palace, London, England	1
interiors of the Palace of Westminster	1

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 of 1629 → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Parliamentary Estates Directorate → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Pride's Purge → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Prime Minister’s Questions → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Scottish representative peers in House of Lords → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Short Parliament 1640 → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

subject surface form: Short Parliament

Victoria Tower → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

lying-in-state of Elizabeth II → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

this entity surface form: Westminster Hall

trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) → location → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

this entity surface form: Westminster Hall

Petition of Right 1628 → locationOfEnactment → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

State Opening of Parliament → mainVenue → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

HM Treasury Select Committee → meetsAt → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

House of Commons of the United Kingdom → meetsAt → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

House of Lords Committee for Privileges and Conduct → meetsAt → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords → meetsAt → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Lords of Parliament → meetsAt → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Parliament of Great Britain → meetsAt → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Parliamentary Labour Party → meetsAt → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

36th United Kingdom Parliament → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

British Parliament → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Commons → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

House of Commons of England → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

House of Commons of Great Britain → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

House of Lords → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Parliament of England → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Rump Parliament → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom) → meetsIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

38th Parliament of the United Kingdom → meetsInBuilding → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Commons → meetsInChamber → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Commons chamber

Westminster system → namedAfter → Palace of Westminster ⓘ

Broad Sanctuary → near → Palace of Westminster ⓘ