Buildings and Structures on the River Thames - Palace of Westminster, London Eye, Prospect of Whitby, City of London School, Cliveden (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Palace of Westminster, London Eye, Prospect of Whitby, City of London School, Cliveden, St Thomas' Hospital, Shakespeare's Globe, Southbank Centre, Reading Blue Coat School, Fawley Court, Shell Centre, Cheyne Walk, Anchor Bankside, Shiplake College, County Hall, London, Astoria, Victoria Embankment, Air Forces Memorial, Dropmore Park, Albert Embankment, Thames Embankment, Savoy Place, The Perch, St Mary's Church, Battersea, Hardwick House, French Horn, Sonning Eye, The Diver, The Mill at Sonning, Phyllis Court, Beetle and Wedge, Great House at Sonning, Chelsea Embankment, The Trout Inn, Barley Mow, Long Wittenham. Excerpt: The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom-the House of Lords and the House of Commons. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the heart of the London borough of the City of Westminster, close to the historic Westminster Abbey and the government buildings of Whitehall and Downing Street. The name may refer to either of two structures: the Old Palace, a medieval building complex most of which was destroyed in 1834, and its replacement New Palace that stands today; it has retained its original style and status as a royal residence for ceremonial purposes. The first royal palace was built on the site in the eleventh century, and Westminster was the primary London residence of the Kings of England until a fire destroyed much of the complex in 1512. After that, it served as the home of Parliament, which had been meeting there since the thirteenth century, and the seat of the Royal Courts of Justice, based in and around Westminster Hall. In 1834, an even greater fire ravaged the heavily rebuilt Houses of Parliament, and the only structures of significance to survive were...