Roof In The Big Ben Elizabeth Tower

Big ben is housed in elizabeth tower which rises above the palace of westminster along the river thames.

Roof in the big ben elizabeth tower.

According to officials over the next three years the roof of the elizabeth tower will be stripped off and restored the bell frame repaired leaks into the clock room stemmed and a lift installed. The tower was hit by a nazi bomb in 1941 air raid which even though the big ben withstood the bombardment had damaged its roof and dials along with the main house of commons chamber. Big ben is undergoing vital repair works to keep it in tip top condition. The project began in 2017 and is due for completion in 2021.

The four clock dials are 180 feet 54 9 m above ground. The elizabeth tower is capped by a 30m all iron roof which is in worse condition than originally thought the elizabeth tower is one of london s most instantly recognizable icons and is one of the top 10 most instagrammed places in the world. Carl court getty images it could be london s most recognizable structure. The elizabeth tower housing the big ben bell is.

Although the tower survived nazi bombing its roof and dials were damaged in a may 1941 air raid which destroyed the main house of commons chamber. The cost to fully restore elizabeth tower and big ben will be about 104 4 million which will have to be approved by the accounting officers in parliament the bbc reported. The great bell known to most as big ben has remained in the belfry of elizabeth tower whilst the most extensive programme of conservation work is carried out on the tower itself. Scaffolding surrounds the clock face of elizabeth tower big ben in london during its extensive four year restoration project.

Damage left from the bombing of london during world war ii is being found 80 years later. It was in 2017 when the experts started examining and repairing the big ben in british parliament from the gilt cross and orb at its top to the bottom of its 334 step staircase. Although the tower survived nazi bombing its roof and dials were damaged in a may 1941 air raid which destroyed the main house of commons chamber. A general view of the elizabeth tower commonly known as big ben and the houses of parliament.

The remainder of the tower s height is a framed spire of cast iron.