1. The roof is supported by a series of open modified King post trusses . 2. The king post trusses are unpainted and the timber floor has been lined with hardboard. 3. Structurally the monastery's king post truss is the oldest known surviving roof truss in the world. 4. The first floor practice rooms have exposed king post trusses which span the width of the building .. 5. The chancel was built with a moulded king post truss roof and many rosettes, angels and other carvings. 6. It consists of three heavy beech king post trusses with purlins and common rafters, about below the current roof. 7. A smaller, narrower stair leads to an attic where king post trusses support the church's ceiling rafters. 8. The Dewart Covered Bridge was a single-span covered bridge with multi-king post trusses and it crossed Delaware Run. 9. Internally, the church has king post trusses with diagonal struts and the roof is lined with timber boarding on the rake. 10. Its primary support mechanism is a king post truss , in which a vertical post is joined to chord members by iron bolts.
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