Guesten Hall Roof is a Grade II* listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. Roof.
Guesten Hall Roof
- WRENN ID
- vast-fireplace-bistre
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromsgrove
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1986
- Type
- Roof
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SO 95 68 STOKE PRIOR CP AVONCROFT MUSEUM OF BUILDINGS Stoke Heath
17/92 Guesten Hall Roof
GV II*
Roof. c1320, rebuilt 1865 and restored early 1970s. Timber-framed with corrugated asbestos cladding. Seven bays (eight trusses) of an ornate roof; each truss has an arch-braced collar, with two raking struts above, the central part of the V is a quatrefoil, the two spandrels are trefoils; there are two tiers of moulded purlins with cupsed and pierced wind-braces. This was on the Guesten Hall of Worcester Priory until that building was demolished; it was re-erected on Holy Trinity Church, Worcester in 1865; the church was demolished in 1969 and the roof was then re-erected on the ground at Avoncroft, restored to its original pitch. (FWB Charles, The Guesten Hall Roof, Worcester Cathedral. A Survey. Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, NS, Vol 18, 1971, pp 49 - 63).
Listing NGR: SO9522968422
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