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Westminster Hall is a large medieval great hall which is part of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. It was erected in 1097 for William II ("William Rufus"), at which point it was the largest hall in Europe. [ 1 ]
Westminster Hall in the early 19th century, surmounted by its medieval hammerbeam roof. Westminster Hall is a large medieval great hall and the oldest surviving palace building. [101] It was erected in 1097 for William II ("William Rufus"), at which point it was the largest hall in Europe. [102]
It measures 240ft (73.2m) long, 68ft (20.7m) wide and 92ft (28m) high. The roof was originally supported by two rows of pillars but in 1399 Richard II wanted to make the hall more impressive by ...
A hammer-beam is a form of timber roof truss, allowing a hammerbeam roof to span greater than the length of any individual piece of timber.In place of a normal tie beam spanning the entire width of the roof, short beams – the hammer beams – are supported by curved braces from the wall, and hammer posts or arch-braces are built on top to support the rafters and typically a collar beam.
The ceiling of wooden planks with decorative bosses survived until at least 1819, when it was replaced with plaster. Plan of the Palace of Westminster in 1834, showing the position of the Painted Chamber, parallel to the House of Commons in St Stephen's Chapel to the north, and at right angles to the south end of the House of Lords in the White ...
The oldest part of the Palace of Westminster is Westminster Hall, the historic core of the building; the present-day Palace of Westminster was built after a major fire in 1834 destroyed all of the palace except for Westminster Hall, the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, the Cloisters and Chapter House of St Stephen's, and the Jewel Tower. [2]
St Stephen's Chapel in the centre dominates the whole site, with the White Chamber and Painted Chamber on the left and Westminster Hall on the right. Westminster Abbey is in the background. According to Cooke (1987), King Henry III witnessed the consecration of the Sainte Chapelle in Paris in 1248, and wished to construct a chapel in his ...
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