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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 largest clearspan medieval roof in England, Westminster Hall's roof measures 20.7 by 73.2 metres (68 by 240 ft). [3] Oak timbers for the roof came from royal woods in Hampshire and from parks in Hertfordshire and from that of William Crozier of Stoke d'Abernon , who supplied over 600 oaks in Surrey , among other sources; they were assembled ...
Hugh Herland (c. 1330 – c. 1411) was a 14th-century medieval English carpenter. [1] He was the chief carpenter to King Richard II. [2]One of his best known pieces is the hammer-beam roof at Westminster Hall, regarded as one of the greatest carpentry achievements of the time.
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 ...
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. [102] It was erected in 1097 for William II ("William Rufus"), at which point it was the largest hall in Europe. [103]
Westminster Hall: City of Westminster, England 1097 [34] [35] Oldest existing part of the Palace of Westminster. The roof was possibly originally supported by pillars, giving three aisles, but during the reign of King Richard II, this was replaced by a hammerbeam roof in 1393. However, recent archaeological explorations found no evidence of ...
A historic community hall has been given a new lease of life after the refurbishment of its deteriorating 100-year-old roof, its supporters say. Ruspidge Memorial Hall in the Forest of Dean has ...
Westminster hall was radically altered and extended in the 14th-century becoming the largest hall of its kind in medieval Europe. During this extension an exceptionally wide span hammerbeam roof was added, likely by the King's Master Carpenter William Hurley [ 20 ] which is now considered a marvel of medieval engineering, while the Norman outer ...