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Ridge Timber Frames, Inc. England Tour 2004 |
Bury St. Edmunds
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The
site of the signing of the Magna Carta had this great
example of a hammer roof system in St. Mary's Church. We
visited other churches in the nearby countryside, also
with a variation of the hammer beam roofs. Typically the hammer beams have angels carved into them, as can be seen on the timbers to the left and below. One particular church showed damage to the angels dating back from the reformation, unfortunately, all the angels heads had been hacked off leaving only a stub. Pictured below are timber framed buildings near Bury St. Edmund. |
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