Hall or Chamber? That Is the Question. The Use of Rooms in Post-Conquest Houses
Anthony Quiney
When the Society of Architectural Historians visited Little Wenham Hall in September 1998 Edward Martin’s conference notes presented it light a relatively new interpretation such lordly buildings. This generally rejects old view that they are ‘upper halls’ on grounds instead chamber blocks have lost hall ranges which once depended. While this seemed to offer plausible explanation Hall, was not entirely convincing (Fig. 1). As matter record also both Framlingham Castle, contains ruins possibly similar domestic structure, again now thought be block dependent range, and Colchester more below. There has always been something curious, if exotic, all-embracing category post-Conquest stone building known as hall’. It rose from wastes Dark Ages like shooting star glitter briefly twelfth century only fade away slowly or so later. The its function different moreover an open is therefore compelling: after all, halls well-established pedigree.
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