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Westminster Palace Gardens in 2008. Westminster Palace Gardens is a Victorian red brick mansion block with apartments centered around a courtyard. It is located on Artillery Row in the City of Westminster, London. It is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England. [1]
There are a number of small gardens surrounding the Palace of Westminster. Victoria Tower Gardens is open as a public park along the side of the river south of the palace. Black Rod's Garden (named after the office of Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod) is closed to the public and is used as a private entrance.
Old Palace Yard is a paved open space in the City of Westminster in Central London, England. It lies between the Palace of Westminster to its north and east and Westminster Abbey to its west. It is known as the site of executions, including those of Sir Walter Raleigh , Guy Fawkes and other conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot , and James ...
Rodin's Burghers of Calais, with the Victoria Tower in the background.. This is a list of public art in Westminster, a district in the City of Westminster, London.. The area's main sculptural showcase is Parliament Square, conceived in the 1860s to improve the setting of the rebuilt Palace of Westminster, to ease traffic flow and as a site for commemorating politicians of note. [1]
Summer house in Buckingham Palace Garden: Buckingham Palace SW1: Summer house — Early to mid-18th century: 5 Feb 1970: 1239210: Summer house in Buckingham Palace Garden: Buckingham Palace Riding School
Aerial view of the area of the Parliamentary Estate. The Parliamentary Estate is the land and buildings used by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.. The most notable part of the Parliamentary Estate is the Palace of Westminster, where the chambers of both houses of Parliament (the Commons and the Lords) are located. [1]
The Victoria Tower is a square tower at the south-west end of the Palace of Westminster in London, [1] adjacent to Black Rod's Garden on the west and Old Palace Yard on the east. At 98.5 metres (323 ft), it is slightly taller than the Elizabeth Tower (known formerly as the Clock Tower and popularly as Big Ben) at the north end of the Palace (96 ...
The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain or "Eros" (1885–1893) by Alfred Gilbert, Piccadilly Circus There are more than 400 public artworks in the City of Westminster, a borough in central London. The borough has more public sculpture than any other area of London. This reflects its central location containing most of the West End, the political centres of Westminster and Whitehall and three of the ...