Lot Essay
The ceiling is incomplete at one end. It has also had a transverse section taken out between each of the major roundels. Originally the larger roundels would have been divided by twinned half-roundels on each side. The end that is complete shows how the original layout would have worked.
There are two features that indicate that this ceiling is relatively early in date. The geometry is very strong and has more in keeping with the panels of the 14th century than the later examples which tend to be fussier in design. The other feature is that it is made of thick planks of heavy dense pine rather than the thin sheets that are used in later ceilings.
There are two features that indicate that this ceiling is relatively early in date. The geometry is very strong and has more in keeping with the panels of the 14th century than the later examples which tend to be fussier in design. The other feature is that it is made of thick planks of heavy dense pine rather than the thin sheets that are used in later ceilings.