Palace of Westminster.- House of Commons. Report from the Select Committee on the House of Commons
Palace of Westminster.- House of Commons. Report from the Select Committee on the House of Commons Buildings, 23 lithographed or engraved plans, 19 folding, 13 partly hand-coloured, some foxing, one lightly water-stained, some frayed at edges, original printed blue wrappers, spine worn and faded, lower wrapper almost detached, 1833 § Further Reports and Memorials of the Commissioners...for Improvement of Streets and Places near to Westminster Hall and the Two Houses of Parliament, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates by Basire, one folding, modern cloth, 1814; and 4 others on new designs for the Palace of Westminster, folio & 8vo (6)*** The Select Committee of the first was appointed "to consider the possibility of making the House of Commons more commodious and less unwholesome" and called on Sir John Soane, Sir Jeffrey Wyatville, Decimus Burton and others to tender designs for a new building. In the end the fire of 16th October 1834 destroyed most of the Palace of Westminster and a public competition was launched for a new design. It was won by Charles Barry assisted by Augustus Pugin, neither of whom had been interviewed for the 1833 report.
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Palace of Westminster.- House of Commons. Report from the Select Committee on the House of Commons Buildings, 23 lithographed or engraved plans, 19 folding, 13 partly hand-coloured, some foxing, one lightly water-stained, some frayed at edges, original printed blue wrappers, spine worn and faded, lower wrapper almost detached, 1833 § Further Reports and Memorials of the Commissioners...for Improvement of Streets and Places near to Westminster Hall and the Two Houses of Parliament, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates by Basire, one folding, modern cloth, 1814; and 4 others on new designs for the Palace of Westminster, folio & 8vo (6)*** The Select Committee of the first was appointed "to consider the possibility of making the House of Commons more commodious and less unwholesome" and called on Sir John Soane, Sir Jeffrey Wyatville, Decimus Burton and others to tender designs for a new building. In the end the fire of 16th October 1834 destroyed most of the Palace of Westminster and a public competition was launched for a new design. It was won by Charles Barry assisted by Augustus Pugin, neither of whom had been interviewed for the 1833 report.
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