10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAMMER BEAM»
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hammer beam in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hammer beam and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500: ...
Such a structure could have been used to grand effect in the great hall at
Dartington, but the chosen form was a hammer-beam structure. Was there a
particular reason for this? The hammer-beam principle bad already been m use
for a century ...
2
Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
... with steam rooms, etc.; a Turkish bath. hammer beam One of a pair of short
horizontal members attached to the foot of a principal rafter in a roof, in place of a
tie beam. hammer-beam roof A roof supported by hammer beams. hammer brace
...
3
Discovering Medieval Houses
The hammer-beam roof not only enabled much wider roof spans to be created,
but it facilitated a highly decorative covering to the most important apartment in a
house. Visually rising in stages, the tie beam is replaced at that level by a short ...
4
A Treasury of Carpentry
SINGLE HAMMER-BEAM ROOFS 97 nails or spikes (see f. 4). The chief
dimensions of this roof are — span, 20 ft. 5 in. ; spaces between trusses, 6 ft 2 in.;
angle at the ridge, 105°; principal rafters, 12 in. by 10 in. ; collar beam, 14 in. by 8
$ in.
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A history of Architecture on the comparative method
obvious origin of the hammer-beam (No. 85 J). The arched form was obtained by
the use of curved braces fixed to the rafters and collar, as at Solihull Church. (3.)
The “ HAMMER-BEAM " roof is, as stated, considered to be a natural evolution ...
6
Arch. Char. & The History of Arch.
THE HAMMER—BEAM ROOF This consists of a series of trusses, repeated at
intervals, to support the intermediate purlins and rafters, and its object is to
transmit the weight and thrust of the roof as low down as possible in the
supporting wall.
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Houses of the Welsh Countryside: A Study in Historical Geography
AISLE-TRUSS AND HAMMER-BEAM ROOFED HOUSES 99 It is unlikely,
however, that many were built after Bosworth Field. By then the lateral fireplace
was beginning to appear in the halls of the gentry as an original feature; most of
the ...
8
A History of Western Architecture
262 Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster ( 1 390s), showing the
hammer-beam roof 263 Harlech Castle. Gwynnedd ( 1 283-90) the hammer-
beam roofs of churches such as Needham Market and Wymondham, in East
Anglia.
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History of Engineering and Technology: Artful Methods
Table 7.3 Nave Heights for Some Gothic Cathedrals Rafter thrust resists rotation
Wall acts as fulcrum Rafters -Ridge Beam -Ridge Post -Hammer Beam -Hammer
Post -Hammer Beam -Jackleg Waii Hammer Beam Truss Westminister ( 1 245- 1
...
10
English Church Woodwork
This advance in construction — the invention of the hammer-beam — appears to
have been developed independently in the East and in the West of England. The
hammer- beam roof is one of the strongest and most beautiful forms of roof ever ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAMMER BEAM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
hammer beam is used in the context of the following news items.
Waterloo: a tale of four libraries
The small anteroom leads into a two storey library with a soaring hammer beam roof of cerulean blue studded with the constellations at the time ... «The Times, Jun 15»
Sackville College opens for the summer
The visitors are shown the Common room where residents used to cook meals, the Great Hall with its Minstrels' Gallery and hammer beam roof, ... «East Grinstead Online, Jun 15»
Middle Temple unveils Wolf Hall party package
... double hammer beam roof. Immersive cabaret experiences throughout the evening will draw guests further into the intriguing Wolf Hall world. «Meetpie, Apr 15»
UK coastal walks: Blakeney, Norfolk
The hammer beam roof and wealth of stained glass enhance the majesty of the building and its dimensions are comparable to a major city ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
Ever wonder what a £6.7 million home near Chard looks like?
The manor features seven bedrooms, a great hall with hammer beam roof, three reception rooms, a three bed lodge, the historic remains of ... «Western Gazette, Jan 15»
WMN-TEN: What you get for about £5m in ten of the most expensive …
A seven-bedrooms Grade-I listed 15th Century property with a great hall with hammer beam roof, three reception rooms, a three-bedroom ... «Western Morning News, Dec 14»
Morning Review: $1.25 million East Grand Rapids mansion exudes …
Family room with vaulted ceiling and hammer beam rafters in the East Grand Rapids estate that is listed for $1.250 million. The 5000 square ... «The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com, Aug 14»
Architect captures Bandra in a few strokes
It has a hammer beam roof supported on timber trusses. The church's apex is the bell-cot and is located above the main entrance which faces ... «Mid-Day, Jul 14»
Edinburgh Castle executive manager Nick Finnigan's job means he …
The same goes for the Great Hall which was restored in the 1880s, although its hammer beam roof survives from the original hall erected here ... «Scottish Daily Record, Mar 14»
Castle fit for a king: House once owned by Henry VIII up for sale for …
One of these has one of the finest hammer beam roof structures in the UK while the other is needs to be restored. Graham Forge bought the ... «Daily Mail, Oct 13»
