Research Catalog

Title

The Palace of Westminster [cartographic material] : surveyed on the eve of the conflagration, 1834.

Publication

London : London Topographical Society, 2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chawner, Thomas, 1774-1851
• Rhodes, Henry, 1779-1846
• Port, M. H. (Michael Harry)
• National Archives (Great Britain). Manuscript. Work 20/29.
• London Topographical Society.

Description

7 maps : col.; 50 x 70 cm. or smaller, each folded to 25 x 18 cm. +

Summary

Floor plans and elevation map of the Palace of Westminster, surveyed two months before it was destroyed in a fire, Oct. 16, 1834.

Series Statement

London Topographical Society publication ; no. 171

Uniform Title

Publication (London Topographical Society) ; no. 171.

Alternative Title

Plans of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Hall and other adjoining public buildings to identify more particularly the House of Commons and its offices.

Subject

• Westminster Palace (London, England)
• Palaces > England > Designs and plans

Note

• Issued in portfolio; title from portfolio.
• Facsimile reprint. Originally published: Plans of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Hall and other adjoining public buildings to identify more particularly the House of Commons and its offices. [London] : Thomas Chawner and Henry Rhodes, 1834.
• All maps reduced to approx. 55% of original size; scales given are for original maps.
• Accompanied by booklet: The Palace of Westminster : surveyed on the eve of the conflagration, 1834 / M.H. Port.

Bibliography (note)

• Booklet includes blbliographical references.

Contents

Maps: No. 1. General ground plan of Westminster Hall, The Houses of Lords and Commons and other public buildings situate between New Palace Yard on the north and Parliament Place on the south (50 x 70 cm.) -- No. 2. Ground story offices of the House of Commons together with adjoining portions of the House of Lords and of other public buildings (50 x 58 cm.) -- No. 3. Principal story of the House of Commons and appurtenant offices, also of the House of Lords and portions of its offices, together with adjoining portions of other public buildings (48 x 52 cm.) -- No. 4. Mezzanine story of offices appurtenant to the House of Commons (above the principal story) (43 x 28 cm.) -- No. 5. Two pair story of the House of Commons buildings including adjoining portions of those of the House of Lords and of other public buildings ( 44 x 48 cm.) -- No. 6. Attic story of the House of Commons buildings including adjoining portions of those of the House of Lords and of other public buildings (47 x 52 cm.) -- No. 7. Section from west to east at the red line drawn upon the several plans nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, extending from St. Margaret's Street to the Embankment of the Speaker's Garden next the River Thames shewing the different stories of the House of Commons buildings, the ordinary height of the river at spring tides, and the height of an extrarodinary high tide on the 29th January 1834.

Call Number

Map Div. 11-6947

ISBN

• 9780902087583
• 0902087584

OCLC

748380451

Title

The Palace of Westminster [cartographic material] : surveyed on the eve of the conflagration, 1834.

Imprint

London : London Topographical Society, 2011.

Cartographic Data

Scale [1:120].

Scale [1:240].

Series

London Topographical Society publication ; no. 171

Publication (London Topographical Society) ; no. 171.

Bibliography

Booklet includes blbliographical references.

Added Author

Chawner, Thomas, 1774-1851, surveyor.

Rhodes, Henry, 1779-1846, surveyor.

Port, M. H. (Michael Harry)

National Archives (Great Britain). Manuscript. Work 20/29.

London Topographical Society.

Added Title

Plans of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Hall and other adjoining public buildings to identify more particularly the House of Commons and its offices.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 11-6947