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.

Charles Barry → notableWork → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Charles Barry → notableWork → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
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
Central Tower → partOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Committee rooms of the House of Commons → partOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Elizabeth Tower → partOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
House of Lords chamber → partOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Queen’s Robing Room → partOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Lords complex
Royal Gallery → partOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Parliament estate
St Stephen’s Hall → partOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Victoria Tower → partOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Victoria Tower → partOf → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Parliament estate
Westminster World Heritage Site → partiallyOverlaps → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Parliament estate
Edward I of England → placeOfBirth → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Margaret Tudor → placeOfBirth → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westminster Palace
Spencer Perceval → placeOfDeath → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Perceval → placeOfDeath → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: Spencer Perceval
John Bellingham → placeOfEvent → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Palace of Whitehall → precededBy → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Edith of Scotland (Matilda of Scotland) → residence → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: Edith of Scotland
this entity surface form: Westminster Palace
Edward I of England → residence → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Edward III of England → residence → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Lord Speaker → residence → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker’s House, Palace of Westminster
Speaker of the House of Commons → residence → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speaker’s House, Palace of Westminster
Usher of the Black Rod → residence → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Court of Common Pleas → seat → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Westminster Hall
House of Commons of Great Britain → seat → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Leader of the House of Lords → seat → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of England → seat → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Lord Speaker → seat → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Lord Speaker of the House of Lords → seat → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords → seat → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Shadow Secretary of State for Health → seat → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household → seat → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Chairman of Ways and Means → seatOfBody → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain → significantBuilding → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Gordon Riots → significantPlace → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Whitehall → terminusNear → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Houses of Parliament
Portcullis emblem of the UK Parliament → usedIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Edward FitzRoy → workLocation → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary → workLocation → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Usher of the Black Rod → workLocation → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Leader of the House of Commons → worksIn → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
Westminster Abbey, London → worldHeritageSiteWith → Palace of Westminster ⓘ
subject surface form: Westminster Abbey