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The Long Gallery, Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire.
The Long Gallery, all 68 feet (21m) of it, runs the entire length of the front of the house. This is the room that’s caused most of the stress to the rest of the building, assisted by heavy stone roof tiles. The Long Gallery seems to have been an afterthought, conceived during the construction of the gatehouse on which it sits. Arch-braced roof trusses support the weight of the heavy stone slates on the roof, while the gallery itself is loaded directly onto the first-floor ceiling joists. The fact that the entire South wing has little or no foundation goes someway to explain the lopsided appearance of the house.
The Long Gallery, Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire.
The Long Gallery, all 68 feet (21m) of it, runs the entire length of the front of the house. This is the room that’s caused most of the stress to the rest of the building, assisted by heavy stone roof tiles. The Long Gallery seems to have been an afterthought, conceived during the construction of the gatehouse on which it sits. Arch-braced roof trusses support the weight of the heavy stone slates on the roof, while the gallery itself is loaded directly onto the first-floor ceiling joists. The fact that the entire South wing has little or no foundation goes someway to explain the lopsided appearance of the house.