Early renaissance architecture in England; a historical & descriptive account of the Tudor, Elizabethan & Jacobean periods, 1500-1625, for the use of students and others (1901)
Gotch, J. Alfred (John Alfred), 1852-1942 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 278
i6o SCREENS AND OPEN ROOFS. could hardly be surpassed. Woollas Hall, in Worcestershire,has a good screen of simple character. The illustration onPlate XLVI. gives a view of it looking from the hall. Thearchway leads into the passage called the screens, in whichcan be seen the open door of the… … 146.—Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire. The Roof of the Great Hall (1580—88). has a flat ceiling, and not an open timber roof. The windowsof the hall were usually rather high up, and the walls werepanelled up to the sills, but as a rule the sill of the bay window atthe dais end was brought dowrn low…
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