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Tallest tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, England
The Victoria Tower is a square tower at the south-west end of the Palace of Westminster in London, adjacent to Black Rod's Garden on the west and Old Palace Yard on the east. At 98.5 metres (323 ft) it is the tallest part of the palace, being 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) taller than the Elizabeth Tower at the north end of the building. It was designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin in the Perpendicular Gothic style and was completed in 1860. It houses the Parliamentary Archives in archive conditions meeting the BS 5454 standard, on 12 floors. All 14 floors of the building were originally linked via a single wrought-iron Victorian staircase of 553 steps, of which five floors survive. The steps are made of granite quarried from Cairngall in Aberdeenshire.
