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	Hammerbeam Roof - LoveToKnow 1911
		The span of Westminster Hall is 68 ft. 4 in., and the opening between the ends of the hammerbeams 25 ft. 6 in.
		Other important examples of hammerbeam roofs exist over the halls of Hampton Court and Eltham palaces, and there are numerous examples of smaller dimensions in churches throughout England and particularly in the eastern counties.
		The ends of the hammerbeams are usually decorated with winged angels holding shields; the curved braces and beams are richly moulded, and the spandrils in the larger examples filled in with tracery, as in Westminster Hall.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hammerbeam_Roof (192 words)

	HAMMERBEAM ROOF - Online Information article about HAMMERBEAM ROOF
		Baum, a tree, to which sense may be referred the use of " beam " as meaning the rood or crucifix, and the survival in certain names of trees, as horn-beam)
		4 in., and the opening between the ends of the hammerbeams 25 ft.
		The height from the paving of the hall to the hammerbeam is 40 ft., and to the underside of the collar beam 63 ft.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GUI_HAN/HAMMERBEAM_ROOF.html (480 words)

	Perpendicular Gothic architecture in England
		Roof vaulting became elaborate and ornate, with a multitude of vaulting ribs spreading outwards in a fan shape, ornamented with pendants and cross-ribs that served a purely decorative function.
		Another notable characteristic of Perpendicular Gothic are the superb hammerbeam roofs, where advances in joinery and a better understanding of how to distribute the load and thrust of ceiling weight allowed roofs which spanned great open spaces.
		The hammerbeam roof is the wooden equivalent of the stone vaulting used in the great cathedrals of the time.
	www.britainexpress.com /architecture/perpendicular.htm (443 words)

	Hammerbeam roof Information
		Recently, as part of an extensive restoration project undertaken by Historic Scotland, the hammerbeam roof of the Great Hall at Stirling Castle was completely renewed.
		Green oak from 350 Perthshire trees was used to fabricate and erect 57 hammerbeam trusses spanning approximately 15 metres.
		To ensure that the ridge of the roof would be level and straight, the trusses were each made with a slightly different pitch and span.
	www.bookrags.com /Hammerbeam_roof (336 words)

	East Harling - Hammerbeam Roof
		A sense of space and grace is given by the tall slender pillars and the light from eighteen clerestory windows.
		Above these windows the magnificent hammerbeam roof is unusually steeply pitched and rises to a height of 45 feet from the floor.
		The beam at the east end of the nave retains the pulley by which the pyx containing the host, the consecrated bread, was raised in front of the Rood, or crucifix.
	www.eastharling.com /ehroof.html (106 words)

	THE CONSERVATION GLOSSARY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Roofs are usually described in one of two ways, either by external shape eg, gambrel roof, or by the principal structural component eg hammer beam roof.
		Open timber roofs evolved from the early use of crucks to encompass superb design and construction as spectacular as the best vaulting.
		Half-hipped - a ridged roof finishing at a gable of which a small section of the top part is angled or hipped, the rest vertical.
	www.trp.dundee.ac.uk /research/glossary/roof.html (661 words)

	Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust - Projects - Longer - Historic Churches - Montgomeryshire Churches Survey - Llanidloes
		A date of 1542 is to be seen on one of the shields on the roof and it has been assumed that some of the church was rebuilt at that time, presumably to accommodate this new roof and arcade.
		The hammerbeam roof was erected in the nave at a level c.3m higher than old one.
		The hammerbeams with carved spandrel-pieces are mounted on stone corbels (four of which, at the west end, are carved with foliage); the base of each bracket is carved with various grotesque heads and figures such as an archer drawing his bow and a bird of prey.
	www.cpat.demon.co.uk /projects/longer/churches/montgom/16880.htm (4181 words)

	Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust - Projects - Longer - Historic Churches - Denbighshire Churches Survey - St Asaph
		Inside are a 16thC hammerbeam roof with an embossed boarded ceiling over the south nave and a plainer one over the north aisle, a Romanesque font, and 17th-18thC monuments to the Lloyd family.
		Roofs: slates with plain ridge tiles; stone cross finials on all gables except the west end of the south nave (occupied by bellcote) and the vestry.
		On the south side and underneath the aisle roof is the juncture with the masonry of the south nave, a sign that the latter was earlier.
	www.cpat.demon.co.uk /projects/longer/churches/denbigh/16955.htm (3008 words)

	Double Hammerbeam Roof
		THE DOUBLE HAMMERBEAM NAVE ROOF This, the chief glory of the church, was added at the close of the fifteenth century, its details easier to see following the recent cleaning.
		Along the north side there are initials of those who gave money towards the new clerestory and roof: John and Katherine Hall, and William their son, dyers, Henry and Isabel Tylmaker, brickmakers, and John Bryd the elder, thatcher.
		The shields were all pierced with iron tie-rods added in 1803 to prevent the spreading of the nave walls under the weight of the roof.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /prod/dialspace/town/square/gs18/stmarg3/page4.htm (427 words)

	Thornton College
		Extensive Information on the 1460 roofs, from a paper called 'Thornton, the Early House' by Paul Woodfield, Historian/Architect, published 2005, by the Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society.
		The house is cement rendered with a stone dressing and steeply pitched slate roofs in Gothic style.
		The present chapel is probably the original great hall with possibly the original (repaired) braced hammer beamed roof which was painted during the 1850's.
	www.mkheritage.co.uk /wdahs/Thornton/docs/page2.html (1232 words)

	Hammerbeam Roof - Explore-Parliament.net
		The Hammerbeam roof, the work of Hugh Herland, has been said to be quite without rival in any part of the world.
		Certainly this is the largest medieval timber roof north of the Alps, and the Hall is one of the largest ancient buildings in Europe which is undivided by columns.
		The Hammerbeam from which it is named is the horizontal beam which projects from the top of the wall, supporting the struts and arched braces which hold up the roof proper.
	www.explore-parliament.net /nssMovies/08/0844/0844_.htm (151 words)

	Lancashire Churches - Glossary
		Norman moulding with a row of heads (often bird-like) with mouths or beaks biting a roll
		an ornament placed at the intersection of roof timbers or ribs in a vault
		wooden roof brackets that project from the wall horizintally, in the shape of a hammer
	www.lancashirechurches.co.uk /glossary.htm (1135 words)

	The Cape Split by Timberframe Houseplans Ltd.; Post and beam floor plans
		The Cape Split was designed by artist Terry Bourgeois-King, who chronicled the construction of her house on her own website, and built by Arlington Frame Company.
		Its many nice features include the solid cut timber arches framing the hall, the hammerbeam trusses upstairs at each end and the small vault over the living room.
		Roof plan (plan view of roof framing), 2nd floor framing, timber elevations, timber bent drawings (sections) and timber sizings.
	www.timberframe-houseplans.com /CapeSplit.html (485 words)

	Norfolk Churches
		This contrasts greatly with the vividly painted roof, which is contemporary with the rebuilt west end, but was painted in the 1920s under the direction of the Rector's wife.
		In the style of a traditional Norfolk hammerbeam roof (though I assume that the hammerbeams are false) it is painted with texts rather than images - the Te Deum Laudamus to south and north, and Psalm 150 forming a canopy of honour at the east end.
		Interestingly, the hammerbeam ends stick out into the air, and ache to have angels on the end of them, but there are none.
	www.norfolkchurches.co.uk /smallburgh/smallburgh.htm (734 words)

	Timber Frame Forums: timber stone connections
		Certainly this is the largest medieval timber roof north of the Alps, and the Hall is one of the largest ancient buildings in Europe which is undivided by columns.
		The Hammerbeam from which it is named is the horizontal beam which projects from the top of the wall, supporting the struts and arched braces which hold up the roof proper.
		The superbly constructed hammer-beam roof spanning its width of 68 ft. (20.7 m), part of a subsequent rebuilding of the hall by Richard II, was the finest extant example of medieval open-timber work; it was burned by incendiary bombs in 1941.
	www.tfguild.org /forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=11069 (1432 words)

	Catholic Diocese of Clogher - www.clogherdiocese.ie (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The nave which is the main seating area for the congregation, is defined by two rows of plain circular columns set on octagonal bases and terminating in capitals from which spring particularly handsome moulded arches.
		This hammerbeam roof, the pointed arches, the foliated carving of the capitals and the carved heads on the corbelstones supporting the roof are all typical features of the Gothic style.
		The chancel behind the altar is defined by the smaller columns and arches of the side chapels and by the raised floor, which joins the place of the altar with that of the bishop's chair or 'cathedra', in the apse.
	www.clogherdiocese.ie /cathedral/cathedral-interior.html (367 words)

	visiteastofengland.com \| East of England
		Dates from 14th C. Vaulted roof with colourful bosses, carved benches and painted screen.
		Hammerbeam roof, carved stalls and 450 year old Seven Sacraments font.
		Framlingham - hammerbeam roof, 17th C. organ and magnificent 16th C. tombs of powerful Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk.
	www.visiteastofengland.com /home/index.html?_lang=en&_area=356336&_subArea=356381&_item=357677&_id=365324 (1410 words)

	hammerbeam roof - Icons of England
		The hammerbeam roof, invented in England in the late fourteenth century, made it possible to span wide spaces without rows of columns or stone vaulting.
		Not only serving a structural purpose, hammerbeam roofs are also very beautiful.
		The hammer-beam roof is by all accounts an icon of England.
	www.icons.org.uk /nom/nominations/hammer-beam-roof?b_start:int=470 (286 words)

	Timber Framed Buildings and Roofs - Paul Russell
		'Cruck-framing', where the roof is carried by paired curved timbers from ground level to ridge, found predominantly in the Midlands, Mid Wales, the North and West of Britain, may represent the survival well into the 16th century of timber framing techniques from a pre-Norman, possibly Celtic, culture.
		Victorian Gothic had the tendency to be an applied visual effect; ornate hammerbeam forms being suspended from more conventional roof structures or held together by iron ties.
		Since timber frames and roofs are designed to stand alone as a unit, it is our opinion that the repair should be aimed at restoring that unity.
	www.buildingconservation.com /articles/timber/wood93.htm (1652 words)

	The Parish Church of St John the Baptist
		The hammerbeam roof is described as "the climax of English roof construction" and "the culminating achievement of the English carpenter", and so it is. Nikolaus Pevsner in his "Buildings of England" says that the hammerbeam roof achieves the unique effect of "a whole church with nave and aisled and clerestory seemingly in the air".
		If the visitor lies on his back to view the roof he will be rewarded with the impression of gazing down a ship's hull.
		The roof was hidden until 1880 by a barrel vaulted plaster ceiling.
	www.onesuffolk.co.uk /NeedhamMktTC/Churches (500 words)

	Timber Framers Guild: Nova/WGBH Trebuchet Project
		Some of the Carpenter, Oak & Woodland timber framers who are participating in the treb project helped build the new and magnificent hammerbeam roof on the Great Hall at Stirling Castle.
		The hammerbeam roof was removed around 1800 by the Army when the hall was subdivided to be used as barracks.
		We were treated to a private tour of the roof area by Willie McEwan of Historic Scotland, and got details about the hoisting and installation of the massive timbers.
	tfguild.org /projects/fling/fling4.html (440 words)

	Eltham Palace - Explore Now - Gallery
		The Great Hall was built in the 1470s to provide the royal court with a fine dining hall.
		The magnificent oak roof is an elaborate ‘false’ hammerbeam construction.
		It is described as being ‘false’ because of the way the posts join the hammerbeams rather than resting on them.
	www.english-heritage.org.uk /elthampalace/explore/gal_buildings.asp?currentSlide=2 (72 words)

	Amazon.com: "hammerbeam roof": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Elaborate hammerbeam roof with angels, continued in the transepts.
		The most spectacular element is the hammerbeam roof (c15oo) which attests to links with England.
		The sheer scale of the hall - 240ft by 60ft - and its huge oak hammerbeam roof, added by Richard II in the late fourteenth century, make it one of the most magnificent secular medieval halls in...
	amazon.com /phrase/hammerbeam-roof (483 words)

	(Cambridgeshire)
		The dating of the roof was commissioned by English Heritage to establish as date for the original roof and assist in working out the timescale of various repairs.
		The tie beams were thought at one stage to be of possible early sixteenth century origin, and the alterations sampled had been attributed to repairs by Flitcroft in 1748.
		This study confirmed that the tie beams and remainder of the original roof were of early seventeenth century construction, and that the repairs were probably carried out by Flitcroft as expected.
	members.aol.com /marbrdg/CAMBS.html (171 words)

	Model Parish Church (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 15th century nave has a double hammerbeam roof with pierced wood designs and multiple carved, wooden angels.
		A hammer beam construction consists of the horizontal projection of the roof beam from the wall, braced by a curving strut that rest on wall posts.
		A vertical post from the end of the beam projects upward, meeting the rafters; another curves over the open space and comes down on the hammer beam on the opposite side.
	www.holycross.edu /departments/visarts/projects/kempe/model/roofw.html (130 words)

	soaring hammerbeam roof - charpente à blochets (English to French translation glossary) Architecture,
		Eltham Palace, Kent: [...] the ancient Great Hall with a soaring hammerbeam roof and oriel windows.
		order to give greater height in the centre, the ordinary tie beam is cut through, and the portions remaining, known as hammerbeams, are supported by curved braces from the wall
		: either of the short horizontal beams or cantilevers projecting from the top of a pair of opposite walls to support a roof principal for a Gothic roof and thus dispense with the necessity for a tie beam
	www.proz.com /kudoz/626216 (258 words)

	UK - London - Westminster - Palace of Westminster on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		The roof of the Hall was originally supported by pillars but, during the reign of King Richard II, it was replaced by a hammerbeam roof designed by Henry Yevele and Hugh Herland.
		Although originally designed as a banquet hall, it came to be used primarily for judicial purposes, housing three of the most important courts in the land--the Court of King's Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, and the Court of Chancery--until they moved to the Royal Courts of Justice in 1882.
		The Hall is marked by Hamo Thornycroft's 1899 statue of Oliver Cromwell--it was here that he was sworn in as Lord Protector in 1643, and Marochetti's 1860 statue of Richard the Lionheart (pictured here)--seated on his horse, sword raised.
	www.flickr.com /photos/wallyg/300146847 (948 words)

	Stone Family Association Website (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hammerbeam construction connotes the horizontal projection of the roof beam from the wall, braced by a strut that rests on wall posts.
		A double hammerbeam system adds a second row of horizontal beams with their upper and lower braces.
		The purpose of this is to transfer the thrust to the walls, but the visual result alone would make it worthwhile, even if it were only decorative, not structural.
	www.stonefamilyassociation.org /index.php?pr=Simon_Of_Watertown_MA (893 words)

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