Hammerbeam roof facts for kids.
Hammer beam roof westminster.
The roof of westminster hall 1395 1399 is a fine example of a hammerbeam roof.
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The magnificent hammer beam roof of westminster hall is the largest medieval timber roof in northern europe.
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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.
Featured in this image are the arches that connect each hammer beam.
Description this is a close up of the hammer beam roof constructed by hugh herland in the late fourteenth century.
The span of westminster hall is 20 8 metres 68 ft.
4 in and the opening between the ends of the hammer beams 7 77 metres 25 ft.
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.
The design of westminster hall roof.
The paper also places the westminster roof in the context of earlier hammer beam roofs particularly pilgrims hall winchester.
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