Theatre exposes historic timber floor dubbed ‘dry equivalent of the Mary Rose’

An area of historic timber floor larger than the size of a tennis court has been exposed at St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn, Norfolk as part of a heritage project (St George’s Guildhall/ PA) -

The oldest working theatre in the UK, where William Shakespeare is thought to have performed, has exposed an area of historic timber floor “larger than a tennis court” in a heritage project.

Tim FitzHigham, creative director of St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn, Norfolk described it as the “dry equivalent of the Mary Rose”.