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Wollaton Hall is one of the most important houses of its period, and the Prospect Room, which rises above it, is unique. The floor construction to the Prospect Room is especially significant because it is formed as a ‘Chinese lattice’ structure, with no main beams clear spanning across the width; instead each are tenoned into adjoining beams running at right angles, which themselves are then tenoned into further beams, thus reducing the lengths of the timbers.
This paper looks briefly at the history of the building and the floor, and then at the context for the repairs and the design development, which took place between November 2003 and May 2005, and the construction process which brought the floor back into full use for the first time since the 1950s.
Wollaton Hall is one of the most important houses of its period, and the Prospect Room, which rises above it, is unique. The floor construction to the Prospect Room is especially significant because it is formed as a ‘Chinese lattice’ structure, with no main beams clear spanning across the width; instead each are tenoned into adjoining beams running at right angles, which themselves are then tenoned into further beams, thus reducing the lengths of the timbers.
This paper looks briefly at the history of the building and the floor, and then at the context for the repairs and the design development, which took place between November 2003 and May 2005, and the construction process which brought the floor back into full use for the first time since the 1950s.
Wollaton Hall: Prospect Room Floor
Morton, Ed (author)
Journal of Architectural Conservation ; 17 ; 23-41
2011-01-01
19 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Wollaton Hall: Prospect Room Floor
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Wollaton Hall: Prospect Room Floor
| Online Contents | 2011
Wollaton Hall: Prospect Room Floor
| British Library Online Contents | 2011