The English Medieval First-Floor Hall

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

Bibliographic Data

ID11615408
AuthorsNick Hill (0000-0001-6799-7536, National Conservation Projects Manager, Historic England, Windsor House, Cliftonville, Northampton, NN1 5BE, corresponding author), Mark Gardiner (0000-0002-0909-6075, University of Lincoln, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume175
Issue1
Pages157-183
Publication date2017-11-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeological Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-5983 • E-ISSN: 2373-2288
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00665983.2017.1395562
OpenAlexW2770716809
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited14

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