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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 roof was commissioned for Richard II in 1393 and built by the royal carpenter, Hugh Herland. [2] It is the largest clearspan medieval roof in England, measuring 20.7 by 73.2 metres (68 by 240 ft). [3] [4] At the same time the rest of the hall was remodelled by the master mason Henry Yevele. [5]
The hammerbeam roof was the culmination of the development of the arch-braced truss, allowing greater spaces to be spanned. The hammerbeam roof of Westminster Hall in London, designed by Hugh Herland and installed between 1395 and 1399, was the largest timber-roofed space in medieval Europe, spanning a distance of just over 20 metres (66 ft ...
Roof pitch is the steepness of a roof expressed as a ratio of inch(es) rise per horizontal foot (or their metric equivalent), or as the angle in degrees its surface deviates from the horizontal. A flat roof has a pitch of zero in either instance; all other roofs are pitched .
The great hall, which has an interesting six-bay hammerbeam roof, and the chapel have been dated to 1485–1495. Later additions include an accommodation wing added in the early 16th century by Sir William Calverley to house his very large family.
Orleigh Court is a late medieval manor house in the parish of Buckland Brewer about 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Bideford, North Devon, England.It is a two-storeyed building constructed from local slate stone and has a great hall with a hammer-beam roof, installed in the late 15th century.
Nine months after U2 wrapped its 40-date residency at Sphere, the veteran Irish rock band is back at the dome-shaped venue just off the Las Vegas Strip.. Well, sort of. “V-U2” is a new concert ...
The tower is the oldest part of the church. The rest of the church was restored in 1854 by James Harrison who replaced all the masonry, but re-used the hammerbeam roof dated 1661. A chancel and vestry were added in 1891. The church is built in red sandstone with a slate roof, and has a three-bay nave. The tower is embattled, and has gargoyles ...