The House Authorities have since been undertaking the external restoration of the many Property for sale in Nottingham inner courtyards, a task due to continue until approximately 2010.

[edit] Towers
Main articles: Victoria Tower and Big Ben

Sir Charles Barry's Palace of Westminster includes several towers. The tallest is the 98.5-metre (323 ft)[10] Victoria Tower, a square tower at the south-western end of the Property for sale in Nottingham Palace. It was named after the reigning monarch at the time of the reconstruction of the Palace, Queen Victoria; today, it is home to the Parliamentary Archives. Atop the Victoria Tower is an iron flagstaff, from which either the Royal Standard (if the Sovereign is presentProperty for sale in Nottingham in the Palace) or the Union Flag is flown.

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[edit] Exterior
Notice regarding a strike of stonemasons Property for sale in Nottingham during the reconstruction of the Palace. (Click on the image to enlarge and read.)

Sir Charles Barry's collaborative design for the Palace of Westminster uses the Perpendicular Gothic style, Property for sale in Nottingham which was popular during the 15th century and returned during the Gothic revival of the 19th century. Barry was a classical architect, but he was aided by the Gothic architect Augustus Pugin. Westminster Hall, which was built in the 11th century and survived the fire of 1834, was incorporated in Barry's design. Pugin was displeased with the result of the work, especially with the symmetrical layout Property for sale in Nottingham designed by Barry; he famously remarked, "All Grecian, sir; Tudor details on a classic body".[9]

Property for sale in Nottingham [edit] Stonework

The stonework of the building was originally Anston, a sand-coloured magnesian limestone quarried in the Property for sale in Nottingham village of Anston in South Yorkshire.[10] The stone, however, soon began to decay due to pollution and the poor quality of some of the stone used. Although such defects were clear as early as 1849, nothing was done for the remainder of the 19th century. During the 1910s, however, it became clear that some of the stonework had to be replaced.

In 1928 it was deemed necessary to use Clipsham Stone, a honey-coloured limestone from Rutland, to replace the decayed Anston. The project began in the 1930s but was halted due to the Second World War, and completed only during the 1950s. By the 1960s pollution had once again Property for sale in Nottingham begun to take its toll. A stone conservation and restoration programme to the external elevations and towers began in 1981, and ended in 1994.[11]