Westminster Hammer Beam Roof

Featured in this image are the arches that connect each hammer beam.

Westminster hammer beam roof.

The span of westminster hall is 20 8 metres 68 ft. 4 in and the opening between the ends of the hammer beams 7 77 metres 25 ft. The hammer beam roof uk parliament. The hammer beam roof is the crowning achievement in english gothic architecture and open timber roof design.

Description this is a close up of the hammer beam roof constructed by hugh herland in the late fourteenth century. 21 the hammer beam truss hammer beam roof of westminster hall plate 163 westminster palace of eltham palace roof 21 the hammer beam truss. Westminster hall palace of london view the. The roof of westminster hall 1395 1399 is a fine example of a hammerbeam roof.

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. 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. The beams and the roof itself weigh a collective 836 tons with the timbers of the beams weighing 660 tons. Hammer beam roof westminster hall.

The hammer beam roof is as stated considered to be a natural evolution of the triangular framing adopted at the foot of the truss ed rafter roof and consists generally of hammer beam struts collars and curved braces. Hammer beam roof of westminster hall after steane 1993 figure 35 the design of westminster hall roof the design of westminster hall roof eltham palace roof inside westminster hall interior ture of the oldest england london palace of westminster hammer beam roof the design of westminster hall roof. The paper also places the westminster roof in the context of earlier hammer beam roofs particularly pilgrims hall winchester.