这个过程，包括将威斯敏斯特大厅、圣斯蒂芬礼拜堂剩余部分整合到新建筑的过程，用了30余年。
The process, which incorporated Westminster Hall and the remains of St Stephen’s Chapel, took just over 30 years.
1834年10月16日的大火，差不多将宫殿化为灰烬。 除了威斯敏斯特大厅，圣斯蒂芬礼拜堂的地下室以及钻石塔（Jewel Tower）之外。
The Palace almost completely burnt down in a fire on 16 October 1834, which destroyed everything except Westminster Hall, the crypt of St Stephen’s Chapel and the Jewel Tower.
威斯敏斯特大厅曾用作法庭，几个有名的审判在这里进行过，包括1305年William Wallace爵士案，1606年的火药阴谋案，1649年对国王查理一世的审判。
Once used as a law court, the hall has held several notable trials, including that of Sir William Wallace (1305), the Gunpowder Plot conspirators (1606) and King Charles I (1649).
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