The English Medieval First-Floor Hall

Part 1 – Scolland’s Hall, Richmond, North Yorkshire

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11615408
AutoresNick Hill (0000-0001-6799-7536, National Conservation Projects Manager, Historic England, Windsor House, Cliftonville, Northampton, NN1 5BE, autor de correspondencia), Mark Gardiner (0000-0002-0909-6075, University of Lincoln, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen175
Número1
Páginas157-183
Fecha de publicación2017-11-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.2017.1395562
OpenAlexW2770716809
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas14

A new survey of Scolland’s Hall in Richmond Castle identifies it as an early example of an integrated hall, chamber and garderobe. The hall was entered at one corner and the entrance to the chamber was at the opposite corner, suggesting that it had a low end and high end of the conventional form better known from buildings of the thirteenth century and later. The chamber was relatively small and had a mural fireplace set in the middle of the longer wall. It had a door to a projecting balcony, while a further balcony was provided overlooking the River Swale alongside the undercroft. The building is dated to the 1080s. It is argued that the features which appear to be unusual at Scolland’s Hall – the location of the hall at first-floor level, the organization into a low and high end, the integration of the hall and chamber, and the use of viewing balconies – have parallels in other near-contemporary buildings

Archaeology · Art · Town hall · Cultural History and Identity Formation · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Medieval Literature and History