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  2. Palace of Westminster - Wikipedia

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    The tours last about 75 minutes and include the state rooms, the chambers of the two Houses and Westminster Hall. Paid-for tours are available to both UK and overseas visitors during the summer recess and Saturdays throughout the year. [183] [184] Tours of the Elizabeth Tower were suspended until 2021 while the tower underwent refurbishment. [185]

  3. Marlborough House - Wikipedia

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    In its original form Marlborough House had just two storeys. This illustration of c.1750 shows the garden front. In 1708, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough was granted a 50-year lease of the site from the Crown Estate at a low rent from Queen Anne, which beforehand had been partly occupied by the pheasantry adjoining St. James's Palace, and partly by the gardens of Henry Boyle, Queen ...

  4. List of tourist attractions in the City of Westminster

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    Tourists at Buckingham Palace Palace of Westminster Trafalgar Square Piccadilly Circus Covent Garden Market A signpost on Parliament Square with directions for nearby attractions. The City of Westminster contains many of the most famous tourist sites in London.

  5. Bridgewater House, Westminster - Wikipedia

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    George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford had Cleveland House extended in 1803–1806 by architect Charles Heathcote Tatham [5] to accommodate the Stafford Gallery (renamed the Bridgewater Gallery in Bridgewater House), where the collections of paintings of the Duke of Bridgewater and his nephew and heir George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (whose second son Ellesmere was) were on ...

  6. Parliamentary Estate - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Speaker's House - Wikipedia

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    The Speaker's House was refurbished in the 1980s under Sir Robert Cooke, who served as Special Advisor to the Palace of Westminster from 1979 until 1987. [13] The present State Bedroom was created under Cooke; it was created from the drawing room of the adjacent Serjeant-at-Arms house, and linked by a new door to the State Dining Room. [ 13 ]

  8. Buckingham Palace - Wikipedia

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    Buckingham Palace (UK: / ˈ b ʌ k ɪ ŋ ə m /) [1] is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. [a] [2] Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality.

  9. History of the Palace of Westminster - Wikipedia

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    The House of Commons, which did not have a chamber of its own, sometimes held its debates in the Chapter House of Westminster Abbey. The Commons acquired a permanent home at the Palace in St Stephen's Chapel, the former chapel of the royal palace, during the reign of Edward VI. In 1547 the building became available for the Commons' use ...

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