It was also decided that the style of the new palace should be Gothic (or Elizabethan), and that it should be rebuilt upon the original Westminster site.

The first major change to the Palace after the Norman invasion was the building of a new, magnificent hall between 1097 and 1099 by the second son of William the Conqueror, William II (known as ...

Wall uncovered during Westminster restoration may mark original course of Thames Experts say the wall is likely to be at least 700 years old and is made from Kentish ragstone.

The long length of high metal railing has provoked controversy at Westminster with concerns it ‘cuts off sightlines’ to ...

A tense situation unfolded in London when a man climbed the iconic Palace of Westminster, the UK parliament building while holding a Palestinian flag. Local media reported that he shouted, “Free ...

A rainbow broke through the clouds over Westminster Palace in London on Sunday, where the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II has been lying in state ahead of the late monarch's funeral proceedings.

Costs of restoring Palace of Westminster ‘a hard sell’ to public, MPs told The volume of work was described as being at ‘an enormous scale’.

The Palace of Westminster was always conceived as a work of art. For its architects, Augustus Pugin and Charles Barry, the Gothic Revival aesthetic was part of an attempt to co-opt Gothicism as ...

Experts have uncovered a 200-year-old carved, wooden fish while restoring the Palace of Westminster.

The remains of a medieval stone wall likely to be at least seven centuries old may have been found under the Palace of Westminster, experts have said. The structure, thought to be the original ...

Crowds gathered to watch the procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, where Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state in Westminster Hall. BBC Events ...

It holds the title of Europe’s largest unsupported medieval roof and, despite a fire which destroyed the original Palace of Westminster and the dropping of a dozen German bombs in 1941, the hall ...