Houses of Parliament
Thames-side Gothic landmark
The Houses of Parliament is the British legislature, comprising the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
The term also refers to the building in London where Parliament meets, officially called the Palace of Westminster: The tour included the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.
The Gothic Revival structure with its iconic clock tower is among London's most recognizable landmarks.
Having two chambers
- billAmount owed, written
- actDeed or performance
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- readingInterpreting written text
royal assent · session · prorogation · dissolution · quorum · majority · opposition · amendment
London's political center
- Palace of WestminsterUK legislative building
- Big BenLondon's celebrated tower clock
- LondonEngland's capital city
- ThamesLondon's river
Whitehall · 10 Downing Street · Prime Minister · MPs · Commons · Queen's Speech · British politics · division bell
- Gunpowder PlotCatholic conspiracy against James
- BlitzSwift intensive attack
- CromwellEnglish republican military leader
- English Civil War1640s British constitutional conflict
Glorious Revolution · Churchill · wartime · reconstruction · state funerals · historical speeches
Architectural return to medieval forms
- BarryMale given name
- spiresTapering architectural towers
- turretsSmall projecting towers
- facadesMisleading external appearances
ornamentation · stonework · restoration · heritage · landmark · clock face · riverside · terrace
bicameral
Having two chambers
- billAmount owed, written
- actDeed or performance
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
reading · royal assent · session · prorogation · dissolution · quorum · majority · opposition · amendment · division
Westminster
London's political center
- Palace of WestminsterUK legislative building
- Big BenLondon's celebrated tower clock
- LondonEngland's capital city
Thames · Whitehall · 10 Downing Street · Prime Minister · MPs · Commons · Queen's Speech · British politics · division bell · woolsack
Guy Fawkes
- Gunpowder PlotCatholic conspiracy against James
- BlitzSwift intensive attack
- CromwellEnglish republican military leader
English Civil War · Glorious Revolution · Churchill · wartime · reconstruction · state funerals · historical speeches
Gothic Revival
Architectural return to medieval forms
facades · ornamentation · stonework · restoration · heritage · landmark · clock face · riverside · terrace · gilded
Queen's Speech
Royal parliamentary address
- royal processionMonarchs' formal public march
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
robes · tradition · pageantry · ceremony · Imperial State Crown · ritual · pomp · protocol · galleries · strangers
- British Architecturesemi-detached, Tudor style, Victorian style, Georgian style, thatched cottage
- British PlacesBuckingham Palace, England, Tower of London, London, Big Ben
- Medieval revivalTudor revival, medievalism, Ruskin, Neuschwanstein
- Monet paintingsCamille, Waterloo Bridge
- Victorian ArchitectureVictorian architecture, Victorian, Victorian style, Queen Anne, Italianate
- Victorian landmarksBig Ben, Tower Bridge, Westminster Abbey, Crystal Palace, Royal Albert Hall
Houses of ParliamentBuckingham Palace
UK monarch's headquarters
10 Downing Street · Windsor Castle · Whitehall · royal palace · executive mansion
Houses of Parliamentprivate residence
domestic sphere · private property · individual · private · outside
Houses of ParliamentScottish Parliament
Scotland's devolved legislative body
local council · town hall · regional government · municipal authority · parish council
house, houses, housing, housed, housekeeper, housekeeping, household, housewife, housework