Westminster Hall Roof Design

It has been estimated that the roof timbers alone weigh over 660 tons.

Westminster hall roof design.

1395 by hugh herland and stands as one of the great achievements of english monumental carpentry. The design ofthe westminster. Harris and daniel miles have recently proposed a tie beam roof. When the roof was built to span the vast un aisled interior of nearly 68 feet it was 50 percent wider than any previously known hall in england.

The magnificent hammer beam roof of westminster hall is the largest medieval timber roof in northern europe. 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. Hence this unique framing. This is the largest medieval timber roof in northern europe with a span of 68 feet x 240 feet.

Romanesque westminster hall and its roof in westminster ii the art architecture and archaeology of the royal palace eds rodwell and tatton brown pp. The angel roof at westminster hall looking west. A hammerbeam 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 work was largely undertaken by the king s chief mason.

Westminster hall has the largest clearspan medieval roof in england measuring 20 7 by 73 2 metres 68 by 240 ft. The great hall roof of the medieval palace at westminster which now adjoins the british houses of parliament was erected c. Westminster hall a symbol of royal power stood the test of time throughout a majority of the middle ages and served as the center of law government and even celebration. 9 the form and structure of the roof carpentry of the great hall as built 1097 99 by william ii rufus is unknown.