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Sally-Beth MacLean, 06-Apr-10; Sally-Beth MacLean, 12-Apr-10; Sally-Beth MacLean, 12-Apr-10; Sally-Beth MacLean, 12-Apr-10; Sally-Beth MacLean, 12-Apr-10; Sally-Beth MacLean, 14-Dec-10; Sally-Beth MacLean, 28-Jan-11; Sally-Beth MacLean, 25-Feb-11; Maria Lau, 02-Mar-11; Maria Lau, 02-Mar-11; Sally-Beth MacLean, 08-Mar-11;
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The roof has been described as follows:

'Though constructed on mediaeval lines, the detail is of Renaissance character and the mouldings of the main timbers are of classic form. At about midway between the floor and the wall-plate are moulded corbels surmounted by square panelled pedestals, from which rise the wall-posts and the curved lower hammer-braces; the mouldings of the lower hammer-beams are those of a classic entablature and the lower side-posts terminate in elaborate turned pendants with a square cap above, from the soffit of which hang smaller pendants at the angles...' (RCHM, <i>Inventory of Historical Monuments: London</i> 4.148).
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Paul MacLean

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View of the magnificent Elizabethan double hammerbeam oak roof spanning the hall.
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 31-Mar-10; Sally-Beth MacLean, 31-Mar-10; Sally-Beth MacLean, 31-Mar-10; Sally-Beth MacLean, 14-Dec-10; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Jan-11; Carolyn Black, 10-Jan-11; Maria Lau, 07-Feb-11; Maria Lau, 07-Feb-11; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Feb-11; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Feb-11; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Feb-11; Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Feb-11;
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Lincoln's Inn Library

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The fine oak roof with 3 massive arched cross frames was ceiled with plaster in the late 18th c. but reopened during early 20th c. restoration work.

(c) Image copyright the Honourable Society of
Lincoln's Inn. Not to be reproduced without permission.
Submitted by serafinm on
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 07-Dec-09; Gord Oxley, 07-Dec-09; Sally-Beth MacLean, 08-Dec-09;
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2008
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David Hall

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View of the steeply pitched medieval tie-beam roof.
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 29-Jul-09; Gord Oxley, 03-Dec-09;
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2009
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Sally-Beth MacLean

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One of the 15th c. angels from the original nave roof, now preserved in the N chapel at the E end.
Submitted by serafinm on
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Sally-Beth MacLean, 27-May-08; Sally-Beth MacLean, 27-May-08; Sally-Beth MacLean, 27-May-08; Sally-Beth MacLean, 27-May-08; Sally-Beth MacLean, 27-May-08; Gord Oxley, 02-Jun-08; Sally-Beth MacLean, 11-Jun-08; Sally-Beth MacLean, 11-Mar-09;
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2008
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Sally-Beth MacLean

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The original oak roof features 2 tiers of wind braces and moulded arch braces. The carved oak corbels were replaced by cast-iron ones in the mid-19th c. by Denzil Ibbetson.