大廳

The Great Hall in Barley Hall, York restored to replicate its appearance in around 1483

大厅（great hall）是中世纪皇家宫殿、贵族城堡或大型庄园（Manor house）以及16世纪至17世纪初乡村住宅（country houses）的主要房间。那时“great”一词仅仅意为big（大），而无其现代含义“excellence”（卓越）。

建筑学细部

A plan of a manor house called Horham Hall. All of the basic features of a great hall are present: a screens passage (above the porch in the plan); a dais; a bay window (not essential but very common). The main staircase is at the dais end and photos show that the hall was the full height of the two storey house.

样例

The mid-14th century great hall at Penshurst Place, Kent.

参见

• Manor house
• Tapestry