Hammer Beam Roof Westminster
The magnificent hammer beam roof of westminster hall is the largest medieval timber roof in northern europe.
Hammer beam roof westminster. The paper also places the westminster roof in the context of earlier hammer beam roofs particularly pilgrims hall winchester. The roof of westminster hall 1395 1399 is a fine example of a hammerbeam roof. Eltham palace south london the great hall meval roof hammer. The design of westminster hall roof.
Plate 163 westminster palace of and st gee s. Featured in this image are the arches that connect each hammer beam. Ad clics palace of westminster charles barry augustus. Description this is a close up of the hammer beam roof constructed by hugh herland in the late fourteenth century.
England london palace of westminster hammer beam roof. It concludes that the hammer beam carpentry was crucial to the roof s structure and that herland intended the hall s great arched ribs primarily as ornamental components. Hammerbeam roof facts for kids. Measuring 20 7 by 73 2 metres 68 by 240 feet the roof was commissioned in 1393 by richard ii and is a masterpiece of design.
4 in and the opening between the ends of the hammer beams 7 77 metres 25 ft.