This is a rare chance to explore the Palace of Westminster with Rosemary Hill, author of God’s Architect, A W N Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain.
Discover the story of the design of this perpendicular Gothic Revival building. Although it was chiefly the work of Charles Barry, he relied on the scholarly knowledge of A W N Pugin for much of its details.
The Lords Chamber was completed in 1847, and the Commons Chamber in 1852. Although most of the work had been carried out by 1860, construction was not finished until a decade afterwards.