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Petitions against the new Houses of Parliament

1 October 2016 By Caroline Shenton

Petitions against the new Houses of Parliament

Did you know that the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster led to a rash of complaints in 1837 by the neighbours? If not, read on…

Filed Under: Book Blog Tour, Historic Westminster, New Palace of Westminster

The Other Houses of Charles Barry

20 July 2016 By Caroline Shenton

The Other Houses of Charles Barry

Charles Barry (1795-1860) is best-known as the architect of the new Houses of Parliament. With the designer AWN Pugin (1812-1852) he created the most iconic building in London, familiar to millions the world over as a symbol of Britain and representative democracy.  It was a labour of love.  Barry was a Londoner through-and-through: he was […]

Filed Under: Book Blog Tour, Historic Westminster, New Palace of Westminster

In the Picture

10 November 2014 By Caroline Shenton

Here is a recent blogpost I wrote for the excellent Virtual St Stephen’s Project, a collaborative academic project based at York University which is seeking to reconstruct the history and architecture of one of the most famous and influential buildings of the old Palace of Westminster.  It describes how one of the biggest paintings of […]

Filed Under: Historic Westminster, Old Palace of Westminster, The 1834 Fire

Parliament Burns: A Family Affair

16 October 2014 By Caroline Shenton

Parliament Burns: A Family Affair

Today is the 180th anniversary of the 1834 fire at Parliament, and I’m delighted that this year has seen the collision of political and family history in the story.  When giving a talk about The Day Parliament Burned Down earlier this year in Saffron Walden, Essex, I was approached afterwards by Michael Furlong and his wife […]

Filed Under: Historic Westminster, The 1834 Fire

10 Reasons Why the Georgians are Cooler than the Victorians

4 January 2014 By Caroline Shenton

10 Reasons Why the Georgians are Cooler than the Victorians

This year, the tercentenary of the accession of the House of Hanover to the British throne, has been named Year of the Georgians. Here, in no particular order, is my humble take on why: 1. Better Wars Victorian Wars are so boring. They don’t even have good names. The dull old ‘Crimean’ or ‘Boer’ wars […]

Filed Under: Historic Westminster

More Relics of the Old Palace of Westminster

25 January 2013 By Caroline Shenton

More Relics of the Old Palace of Westminster

News of some other mementoes carved from the ruins of the old Palace of Westminster following the 1834 fire has reached me. This time they’ve been created from salvaged stonework, and depict a mysterious man and woman. They’ve been drawn to my attention by landscape architect and historian Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, author of The London Square, (Yale, […]

Filed Under: Historic Westminster, Old Palace of Westminster, The 1834 Fire

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Dr Caroline Shenton is an archivist and historian. Her book The Day Parliament Burned Down won the Political Book of the Year Award in 2013. Read More…

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