WESTMINSTER HALL.
DECAY OF TIMBER IN HAMMERBEAM ROOF. (SYDNEY "SUN" SPECIAL.) (Received July 11, 7.45 p.m.) LONDON, July 11. Extensive decay of the timber of the constructional parts of the ham-mer-beam roof of Westminster Hall has been discovered. It is possible to repair it without spoiling the beauty of design. This will be the first overhaul sitfee 1399. [Westminster Hall, a structure adjoining the Houses of Parliament on the west, and' forming part of the ancient palace of Westminster, was begun by William Rufus, burned at the end of the 13th century, and restored by Edward 11. and Richard 11. It has a magnificent framed hammer-beam roof, in a single span 68 feet wide; the length is 200 feet and the height 92. Here sat some of the first English Parliaments; here, until George TV., the Coronation festivities were held; and here Charles I. was condemned and Cromwell saluted as Lord Proctor. The hall now serves as a vestibule to the House of Parliament.]
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 14 July 1913, Page 5
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164WESTMINSTER HALL. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 14 July 1913, Page 5
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