Items matching halls

Westminster Hall

“Westminster Hall, built [...] by [William] Rufus, and rebuilt by Richard II., is one of the largest chambers in the world, its fine timbered roof unsupported by pillars. Innumerable are its historic [...]

Keywords: halls, interiors, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-05-18

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Westminster Hall

“Interior of Westminster Hall, as seen during the Trial of Lambert, before Henry VIII.” (p. 144)

Keywords: interiors, royalty, halls

Places shown: Westminster; London; England

Added: 2006-06-15

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Methley Hall

“Methley Hall, or Methley Park, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, seven miles south-east from Leeds, is the seat of the Saviles, Earls Mexborough, which family have held the manor for several centuries [...]

Keywords: interiors, windows, ceilings, arches, stairs, colour, furniture, manors, halls

Places shown: Mickletown; West Riding; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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1731.—Gray’s Inn Hall.

o Gray’s Inn Hall (Fig. 1731) is superior to that of Lincoln’s Inn or the Inner temple, and little inferior to the Middle Temple Hall. Its chief architectural attractions are its timber roof, carved [...]

Keywords: interiors, halls, windows, ceilings, rafters

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2007-08-22

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Reconstructed Interior of Fourteenth-century Hall (Penshurst, Kent).

The lord and lady are dining on the daïs, the retainers grouped round the hearth. Notice the dog and the jester. From a model of the Great Hall at Penshurst. Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts, New York [...]

Keywords: interiors, windows, halls, manors, people, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Penshurst; Kent; England

Added: 2005-07-08

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