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Author: Westminster palace
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Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Author: Westminster palace
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Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Author: Edward J. Gillin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108419666
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 343
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Edward J. Gillin explores the extraordinary role of scientific knowledge in the building of the Houses of Parliament in Victorian Britain.
Author: Ryde
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Languages : en
Pages : 162
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Author: Henry T. Ryde
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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Author: Warwick Rodwell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317248007
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 383
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Westminster came into existence in the later Anglo-Saxon period, and by the mid-11th century, when Edward the Confessor’s great new abbey was built, it was a major royal centre two miles south-west of the City of London. Within a century or so, it had become the principal seat of government in England, and this series of twenty-eight papers covers new research on the topography, buildings, art-history, architecture and archaeology of Westminster’s two great establishments — Abbey and Palace. Part I begins with studies of the topography of the area, an account of its Roman-period finds and an historiographical overview of the archaeology of the Abbey. Edward the Confessor’s enigmatic church plan is discussed and the evidence for later Romanesque structures is assembled for the first time. Five papers examine aspects of Henry III’s vast new Abbey church and its decoration. A further four cover aspects of the later medieval period, coronation, and Sir George Gilbert Scott’s impact as the Abbey’s greatest Surveyor of the Fabric. A pair of papers examines the development of the northern precinct of the Abbey, around St Margaret’s Church, and the remarkable buildings of Westminster School, created within the remains of the monastery in the 17th and 18th centuries. Part II part deals with the Palace of Westminster and its wider topography between the late 11th century and the devastating fire of 1834 that largely destroyed the medieval palace. William Rufus’s enormous hall and its famous roofs are completely reassessed, and comparisons discussed between this structure and the great hall at Caen. Other essays reconsider Henry III’s palace, St Stephen’s chapel, the king’s great chamber (the ‘Painted Chamber’) and the enigmatic Jewel Tower. The final papers examine the meeting places of Parliament and the living accommodation of the MPs who attended it, the topography of the Palace between the Reformation and the fire of 1834, and the building of the New Palace which is better known today as the Houses of Parliament.
Author: Caroline Shenton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198707193
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 309
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The saga of the epic battle to re-build the Houses of Parliament after the great fire of 1834, this is also the story of how the greatest construction programme in Britain for centuries produced one of the most famous and instantly recognizable buildings ever built
Author: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
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Category : Architecture, Gothic
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Author: Chris McKay
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199585695
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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`Big Ben', the great clock and bells at Westminster, is one of the most iconic landmarks in Britain. From the origins of Westminster as the seat of government right up to the celebrations of the Great Clock's 150th anniversary in 2009, this book tells the story of the clock, bells, and tower.
Author: Walter Thornbury
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 606
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