queenpost

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The exterior brickwork is of distinguished blue diapering and Dutch-influenced crow-step gables, but the cavernous, miraculously preserved timber roof structure is the main draw, with 10 bays of queenpost trusses supporting it – engineered to last.

Gothic architecture in Britain: examples from the era 2011
The exterior brickwork is of distinguished blue diapering and Dutch-influenced crow-step gables, but the cavernous, miraculously preserved timber roof structure is the main draw, with 10 bays of queenpost trusses supporting it - engineered to last.

The Guardian World News Steve Rose 2011