Westminster Hall
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 | Westminster Hall |
| Designer | unknown |
| Location | London, England |
| Date | 1397 to 1399 |
| Building Type | meeting hall |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Medieval |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | An ancient, beautiful hammer-beam roof structure of heavy truss-like wood beams, covering half an acre. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Westminster_Hall.html |
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"The Hall, of which the walls were built in 1097-99, as part of an intended reconstruction of the whole palace, is the oldest extant building on the Palace of Westminster site. Its floor area is about 1850 sq yds, and it is one of the largest mediaeval halls in Europe with an unsupported roof. The roof was originally supported by two rows of pillars, but the present magnificent hammerbeam roof was designed in the reign of Richard II. The mason/architect of the 14th century rebuilding was Henry Yevele, and the carpenter/designer of the roof, Hugh Herland. Westminster Hall was the traditional venue for Coronation banquets."
— The United Kingdom Parliament
Details
290 feet long inside, 68 foot span between walls, with ceiling structure rising to 92 feet at the ridge.
Current roof structure built by King Richard II.
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Frank Hoar. An Introduction to English Architecture. London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1963. NA961.H6. transverse section drawing, p65. perspective section drawing, p66. perspective section drawing, p66.
Leonora Ison. English Architecture Through the Ages, Secular Building. New York: Coward-McCann, 1967. LC 66-24565. NA961.I8 1967. plan drawing, p63.
John Julius Norwich, ed. Great Architecture of the World. New York: Random House, 1975. photo of interior showing hammer-beam roof, p129.Reprint edition: Da Capo Press, April 1991. ISBN 0-3068-0436-0. — An accessible, inspiring and informative overview of world architecture, with lots of full-color cutaway drawings, and clear explanations. Available at Amazon.com
[edit] External Links
History of Westminster Hall — At the UK Parliament official web site
