ABSTRACT
The Romanesque Great Hall at the Palace of Westminster survives today, but, bereft of its original roof and largely obscured by late-14th-century and more recent stonework, it has received scant attention in the last century. This article draws together the evidence for the form of the building as constructed in the 1090s, combining modern survey with antiquarian and archaeological records. It also considers the evidence for the form of the lost 11th-century roof, and, consistent with current understanding of contemporary roofs (mainly known from Continental examples), proposes a single-span, common tie-beam form.
