 The timbers are decorated with coats of arms, including those of the abbey, and elaborate bosses to the centre of the trusses.Hammerbeam roofs are rare in Cheshire; the only other known examples are at Vale Royal Abbey and St Nicholas' Chapel in the park of Cholmondeley Castle.The north end of the Great Hall retains the abbey's dais canopy, and in the centre is a smoke bay and louvre.