Building archives: The construction of the Palace of Westminster, 1847

Parliament engraving

The Builder reports on the progress of the construction of the Houses of Parliament

One portion of the most important building now going on in Europe is completed, with the exception of some intended frescoes, and the stained glass in the windows; and before the present number of our journal reaches the public, will have been occupied by that branch of the legislature for whose use it is intended.

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