The English Medieval First-Floor Hall
Part 2 – The Evidence from the Eleventh to Early Thirteenth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11615277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nick Hill (0000-0001-6799-7536, corresponding author), Mark Gardiner (0000-0002-0909-6075) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 175 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 315-361 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00665983.2017.1395592 |
| OpenAlex | W2772270697 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 33 |
The concept of the first-floor hall was introduced in 1935, but Blair’s paper of 1993 cast doubt on many of those buildings which had been identified as such. Following the recognition of Scolland’s Hall, Richmond Castle as an example of a hall at first-floor level, the evidence for buildings of this type is reviewed (excluding town houses and halls in the great towers of castles, where other issues apply). While undoubtedly a number of buildings have been mistakenly identified as halls, there is a significant group of structures which there are very strong grounds to classify as first-floor halls. The growth of masonry architecture in elite secular buildings, particularly after the Norman Conquest, allowed halls to be constructed on the first floor. The key features of these are identified and the reasons for constructing the hall at this level – prestige and security – are recognized. The study of these buildings allows two further modifications to the Blair thesis: in some houses, halls and chambers were integrated in a single block at an early date, and the basic idea of the medieval domestic plan was already present by the late eleventh century
Ancient history · Archaeology · CONQUEST · Eleventh · Elite · Floor plan · Masonry · Plan (archaeology · Political science · Politics · Prestige · Architecture · Engineering · History · Law · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology · Medieval Literature and History
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The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
The Archbishop's Palace, Canterbury
‘The Chamber called Gloriette’
Steep, Strait and High
Excavations at Portchester Castle
Domestic Planning from the Twelfth to the Fourteenth Centuries
The Great Tower in the Twelfth Century
The English Medieval First-Floor Hall
Norman Domestic Architecture
The Roman Haven of Dover
Some Medieval Archiepiscopal Palaces
Excavations at Castle Acre Castle, Norfolk, 1972–77 Country House and Castle of the Norman Earls of Surrey
Shorter notice. Medieval Bishop's Houses in England and Wales. MW Thompson
Reconstructing the Lesser Hall
The Seigneurial Residence in Normandy, 1125–1225
Excavations in the West Bailey at Corfe Castle
Recent Excavations in the Keep of Farnham Castle, Surrey
Acts of Perception
Caister Castle
An Early Hall at Chilham Castle, Kent
Hall and Chambers
St Davids Bishop's Palace, Pembrokeshire
The Great Tower, Chepstow Castle, Wales
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |