Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 234. Chapters: Palace of Westminster, Victoria and Albert Museum, College of Arms, British Museum, Chiswick House, University College London, Tower of London, St Pancras railway station, 10 Downing Street, King's College London, National Gallery, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Gray's Inn, Cutty Sark, Buckingham Palace, Inner Temple, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Zoo, London King's Cross railway station, Tower Bridge, London Paddington station, Royal Albert Hall, Hampton Court Palace, Haymarket Theatre, Bruce Castle, Natural History Museum, Oriental Club, Down House, Ham House, Royal Opera House, Lincoln's Inn. Excerpt: The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its tenants, the Palace lies on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London. Its name, which derives from the neighbouring Westminster Abbey, may refer to either of two structures: the Old Palace, a medieval building complex that was destroyed by fire in 1834, and its replacement New Palace that stands today. For ceremonial purposes, the palace retains its original style and status as a royal residence. 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 Westminster Hall, the Cloisters of St Stephen's, the Chapel...