Great Hall Roof Supports

In the tradition of great hall architecture the king s master carpenter hugh herland erected an open timber roof over richard s new hall.

Great hall roof supports.

On both sides of a central hall round columns supported two large roof sections. The great hypostyle hall was dominated by sandstone columns. This is a great option for buildings with more complex layout than a simple rectangular of square and is a type of roof that will hold well in rain snow or windy conditions. Recently as part of an extensive restoration project undertaken by historic scotland the hammerbeam roof of the great hall at stirling castle was completely restored.

Great hall roofs left is full size film set right is digital model. The completed hammer beam roof as seen from inside the great hall. His creation is one of the acknowledged structural and. Floor plan of the great hypostyle hall.

The enchanted ceiling is bewitched to look like the sky outside and to mirror the weather. This was a generally wooden very occassional stone wall that screened the lower part of the great hall in which were the doors to kitchen service rooms and entrance from the rest of the hall thus reducing drafts from the outside and smells from the kitchen. The enchanted ceiling is the high ceiling that covers the huge great hall of hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. A cross hipped roof is a common roof type with perpendicular hip sections that form an l or t shape in the roof hip.

A pitch truss with a truncated or flat apex so that it can support more load. The south elevation of the great hall before the restoration and after. Great hall this splendid chamber 108 feet long by 40 feet wide and 60 feet high was used for banquets receptions masques and balls and other functions. The most notable and written about inner dividing wall is the screens passage wall.

So far no controversy. It is said that the mimicry of the sky outside is so exact that at first glance one would believe that there is no ceiling at all and that the hall simply opens upon the heavens. Green oak from 350 perthshire trees was used to fabricate and erect 57 hammerbeam trusses spanning approximately 15 metres. It has been repaired a number of times the gorgeous hammer beam roof like that of westminster hall having suffered badly from the ravages of the death watch beetle.

Everyone who sees it including the stirlingfolk seem to agree it really looks great.