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.
Roof in the big ben elizabeth tower.
The four clock dials are 180 feet 54 9 m above ground.
Big ben is undergoing vital repair works to keep it in tip top condition.
Big ben has remained in situ but the great clock the 11 tonne mechanism that kept time and.
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.
The project began in 2017 and is due for completion in 2021.
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.
The elizabeth tower housing the big ben bell is.
Scaffolding surrounds the clock face of elizabeth tower big ben in london during its extensive four year restoration project.
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.
The latest refurbishment of the structure during.
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 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.
Damage left from the bombing of london during world war ii is being found 80 years later.
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.
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.
Carl court getty images it could be london s most recognizable structure.