The Houses of Parliament

First published in 1946, this essay describes the Palace of Westminster as a working building and as the Victorian Gothic fabric raised after the fire of 1834 by Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin. Pope-Hennessy moves through the river front, the towers, the chambers of Lords and Commons, lobbies, and the atmosphere of debate, ceremony, and office life, and he treats the strained partnership of architect and designer as well as later alterations. The text is a short architectural and historical essay, not a parliamentary chronicle and not a life of either builder.

Bound in blue glazed paper, printed in colour. No jacket or slipcase. Folio miniature -michael Joseph in association with the Folio Press.