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| name               = Elizabeth Tower
|name=Elizabeth Tower
| native_name        =  
|county=Middlesex
| alternate_names    = Big Ben
|picture=Clock Tower - Palace of Westminster, London - May 2007.jpg
| image              = Clock Tower - Palace of Westminster, London - May 2007.jpg
|type=Clock tower
| caption            =  
|style=Gothic Revival
| building_type      = [[Clock tower]]
|city=[[Westminster]]
| architectural_style = [[Gothic Revival]]
|latitude=51.5007
| structural_system  =
|longitude=-0.1245
| location            = [[Westminster]], [[London]], [[England]], UK
|built=1859
| owner              =
|height={{convert|96|m|ft}}
| current_tenants    =
|architect=Augustus Pugin
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| start_date          =  
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| floor_count        = 11
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| architect           = [[Augustus Pugin]]
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| services_engineer  =
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'''Big Ben''' is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the [[Palace of Westminster]] in [[London]]<ref name=wbfbb>{{cite web| url=http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/bigben.htm| title=The Story of Big Ben|publisher=Whitechapel Bell Foundry| accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref> and is usually [[Metonymy|extended to refer]] to both the clock and the [[clock tower]].<ref name=BigBenCOD>{{cite book| last=Fowler| first=H. W.| authorlink=Henry Watson Fowler| others=First edited by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler| title=The Concise Oxford dictionary of current English| edition=Sixth| year=1976| page=95| publisher=[[Clarendon Press]]| isbn=978-0-19-861121-9| quote=Big Ben, great bell, clock, and tower, of Houses of Parliament}}</ref><ref name="BBC_2016_04_26">{{cite web| title=Big Ben 'bongs' to be silenced for £29m refurbishment| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36138203| work=BBC News| publisher=BBC| accessdate=26 April 2016| date=26 April 2016}}</ref> The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the '''Clock Tower''', but it was renamed '''Elizabeth Tower''' in 2012 to mark the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]].
'''Big Ben''' is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the [[Palace of Westminster]] in [[London]]<ref name=wbfbb>{{cite web| url=http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/bigben.htm| title=The Story of Big Ben|publisher=Whitechapel Bell Foundry| accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref> and is usually extended to refer to both the clock and the clock tower.<ref name=BigBenCOD>{{cite book| last=Fowler| first=H. W.| others=First edited by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler| title=The Concise Oxford dictionary of current English| edition=Sixth| year=1976| page=95| publisher=Clarendon Press| isbn=978-0-19-861121-9| quote=Big Ben, great bell, clock, and tower, of Houses of Parliament}}</ref><ref name="BBC_2016_04_26">{{cite web| title=Big Ben 'bongs' to be silenced for £29m refurbishment| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36138203| work=BBC News| publisher=BBC| accessdate=26 April 2016| date=26 April 2016}}</ref> The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the '''Clock Tower''', but it was renamed '''Elizabeth Tower''' in 2012 to mark the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]].
 
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Latest revision as of 11:26, 28 August 2019

Elizabeth Tower

Middlesex

Type: Clock tower
Location
Location: 51°30’3"N, 0°7’28"W
City: Westminster
History
Built 1859
By: Augustus Pugin
Clock tower
Gothic Revival
Information

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London[1] and is usually extended to refer to both the clock and the clock tower.[2][3] The official name of the tower in which Big Ben is located was originally the Clock Tower, but it was renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

References

  1. ↑ "The Story of Big Ben". Whitechapel Bell Foundry. http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/bigben.htm. Retrieved 10 April 2018. 
  2. ↑ Fowler, H. W. (1976). The Concise Oxford dictionary of current English. First edited by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler (Sixth ed.). Clarendon Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-19-861121-9. "Big Ben, great bell, clock, and tower, of Houses of Parliament" 
  3. ↑ "Big Ben 'bongs' to be silenced for £29m refurbishment". BBC News. BBC. 26 April 2016. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36138203. Retrieved 26 April 2016. 
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