Friday, October 15, 2021

The Great Hall Carvings at Penshurst House

The wood carvings from inside the Great Hall.

In England we visited Penshurst House. In passing I did mention the 14th century Great Hall. Still there some 600 years later. One of the things I found impressive, and per the docent, still standing after 600 years, were the carvings in the Great Hall. A line of them are above. Detail below. Very cool.


Penhurst Great Hall is the one with the read / tiles roof inthe middle.


The actual carvings are a bit stern.





 

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