Elizabeth Tower rises at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, completed in 1859 as part of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament after an 1834 fire destroyed the earlier medieval palace, its Gothic Revival detailing designed by Augustus Pugin working within Charles Barry's overall plan for the new building. The tower houses the Great Clock of Westminster and the Great Bell, popularly known as Big Ben, a name commonly used today for the tower itself even though it strictly refers only to the bell. The tower was formally renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, having previously been known simply as the Clock Tower for more than a century and a half. Between 2017 and 2022 the tower underwent an extensive conservation program, during which the bell was largely silenced, to restore its stonework, clock mechanism and cast-iron roof to their original Victorian condition.
Facts
Building Type LocationWestminster, London, England 1 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Big Ben, Wikipedia
Uses Element
Source Big Ben, Wikipedia
Source Big Ben, Wikipedia
Source Big Ben, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Big Ben, Wikipedia
Infobox, General information, Type
Clock tower
Infobox, General information, Location
Westminster, London, England
Tower section
Completed in 1859, the tower is designed in Pugin's Gothic Revival style
Infobox, General information, Height
316 feet (96 m)
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Elizabeth Tower rises at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, completed in 1859 as part of the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament after an 1834 fire destroyed the earlier medieval palace, its Gothic Revival detailing designed by Augustus Pugin working within Charles Barry's overall plan for the new building. The tower houses the Great Clock of Westminster and the Great Bell, popularly known as Big Ben, a name commonly used today for the tower itself even though it strictly refers only to the bell. The tower was formally renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, having previously been known simply as the Clock Tower for more than a century and a half. Between 2017 and 2022 the tower underwent an extensive conservation program, during which the bell was largely silenced, to restore its stonework, clock mechanism and cast-iron roof to their original Victorian condition.
- In Style: Gothic Revival, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic Revival
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia article
It was constructed using bricks clad on the exterior with sand-coloured Anston limestone from South Yorkshire, topped by a spire covered in hundreds of cast iron roof-tiles.
Uses Element: Limestone, Wikipedia article
It was constructed using bricks clad on the exterior with sand-coloured Anston limestone from South Yorkshire, topped by a spire covered in hundreds of cast iron roof-tiles.
Uses Element: Cast Iron, Wikipedia article
It was constructed using bricks clad on the exterior with sand-coloured Anston limestone from South Yorkshire, topped by a spire covered in hundreds of cast iron roof-tiles.
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