The building that exists today was purposely built to house Parliament in the 19th century, after a fire destroyed the previous one which the Lords and Commons had worked in for nearly 300 years.

Westminster, 11 January 1918 - The House of Lords has voted by a majority of ... [Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the ...

Analysis shows that hereditary peers in the House of Lords – those who inherit ... in order to avoid the large number of 19th-century child deaths distorting the findings. They also discounted ...