Building Elizabeth Tower

The tower was designed by Augustus Pugin and Sir Charles Barry in the Perpendicular Gothic style and was completed in 1859. It is decorated with stone carvings ...

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1840: Construction of the New Palace of Westminster begins. Architect Charles Barry wins the commission to design the new palace and includes a clock tower in ...

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... constructed by Edward John Dent and Frederick Dent. When was Big Ben built? The Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire in 1834. In 1844, it was decided ...

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20 Feb 2023 — They started building the tower in 1843 and finished in 1859, making the tower more than 160 years old.

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10 Jul 2024 — Construction of the tower began in 1843 but wasn't finished until 1859 - it took 16 years before the tower and clock were completely finished.

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On 28 September 1843, the foundation stone for Elizabeth Tower was laid and work on Parliament's new clock tower began.

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Designed by Edmund Beckett Denison, the clock took 13 years to build and it was completed in 1859. It has worked continuously since then except for a few months ...

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After a fire destroyed much of the Palace of Westminster—the headquarters of the British Parliament—in October 1834, a standout feature of the design for the ...

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8 Sept 2025 — Big Ben's clock is powered by a double three-legged gravity escapement designed by Edmund Beckett Denison in 1851, which imparted unprecedented ...

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15 Aug 2025 — So, you'll technically find Big Ben inside the Elizabeth Tower. Both were built in 1859, and while the tower has undergone significant ...

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