Trim & Moulding · Tudor & Tudor Revival
The Staircase, Strangers' Hall, Norwich (measured drawing, 1903)
A measured drawing of the staircase at Strangers' Hall in Norwich from Tanner's English Interior Woodwork, with turned balusters, newels with finials and moulded handrails.
Design characteristics
Strangers' Hall is a medieval merchant's house in Norwich, enlarged in later centuries. Its staircase has sturdy newel posts topped with finials, turned balusters and a broad moulded rail, all typical of 17th-century English joinery. Tanner's drawing includes details of each part, which makes it a reliable source for a Tudor or Jacobean Revival stair, or for a newel post to replace a missing original.
Classification
- Category
- Trim & Moulding
- Material
- Oak
- Motifs
- Newel post, Turned baluster
- Published
- 1903
- Maker or designer
- Henry Tanner
- Evidence
- Period catalog illustration
Architectural context
Dark oak paneling, linenfold, strapwork and heavy plank doors. England · original c. 1485–1603; revival c. 1890–1940.
