Westminster Palace Floor Plan

Construction lasted from 1836 to 1868.

Westminster palace floor plan.

Official title the palace of westminster. The palace of westminster commonly known as the houses of parliament lies on the north bank of the river thames in the city of westminster in central london. Henry viii moved the royal residence here after the old royal apartments at the nearby palace of westminster were themselves destroyed by fire. Its floor area is about 1 547 sq m 1 850 sq yds and it is one of the largest medieval halls in europe with an unsupported roof.

The architect was sir charles barry. It was rebuilt only to be destroyed again in even greater fire in 1834. The scale is given in feet. St edward the confessor the penultimate anglo saxon monarch of england built a royal palace on thorney.

Barry s great building the houses of parliament. This is the plan of principal floor of the houses of parliament in westminster england. The houses of parliament is located on the river thames. Liz hallam smith the team s historical consultant from the university of york said we were trawling through 10 000 uncatalogued documents relating to the palace at the historic england archives in swindon when we found plans for the doorway in the cloister behind westminster hall.

Plans for major reconstruction of the site were occasionally considered but it was not until the disastrous fire of 1834 that the construction of a new palace became a necessity. The palace of westminster site was strategically important during the middle ages as it was located on the banks of the river thames known in medieval times as thorney island the site may have been first used for a royal residence by canute the great during his reign from 1016 to 1035. In his new critical review of the publick buildings statues and ornaments in and about london and westminster of 1736 james ralph wrote that. Other wise known as westminster palace it is an example of modern english architecture.

See related links to what you are looking for. It was believed that. The westminster palace was originally a royal residence built in the 11th century ce for edward the confessor in 1512 much of the structure was destroyed in a fire. Westminster hall and the other medieval survivals westminster hall of which the walls were built in 1097 is the oldest surviving building on the site.