The span of westminster hall is 20 8 metres 68 ft.
Hammer beam roof westminster.
The roof of westminster hall 1395 1399 is a fine example of a hammerbeam roof.
Featured in this image are the arches that connect each hammer beam.
The magnificent hammer beam roof of westminster hall is the largest medieval timber roof in northern europe.
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The beams and the roof itself weigh a collective 836 tons with the timbers of the beams weighing 660 tons.
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.
The paper also places the westminster roof in the context of earlier hammer beam roofs particularly pilgrims hall winchester.
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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.
The design of westminster hall roof.
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