XXV1 REPORT. 
appears to pierce the string course. Above, again, in six of the 
bays, is a large, three lighted window, whilst one is occupied by 
the door, and the remaining one abutting against the circular stair- 
case is filled in with tracery, like the other windows, and delicate 
foliage. The groins of the vaulting are deeply moulded, and are 
ornamented with a carved boss at every intersection. It is a pity 
that the space between the ribs has been scraped, as from the 
roughness of the joints it was clearly intended to be plastered. 
The fragments of glass in the windows seem to have been gathered 
from different parts of the church. In the eastern window is one 
piece of Early English glass. The remaining pieces are of the 
Decorated period, and perhaps the crocketed canopies are in their — 
original position, as they are very much like the stone canopies 
underneath. From this we pass on to the Later period of Deco- 
rated architecture, which is shown in the eastern aisle of the north 
transept. The chapel itself is, too, Early English, and the two 
unequal arches opening into it from the transept, inserted under 
the large Norman arch of the former chapel, belonging to this 
period. You will notice that the outer moulding of the pillar is 
carried up above the caps, and terminates in a bracket for an image. 
The windows, by which the chapel is lighted, are of a Late Deco- 
rated period, of three lights each, with reticulated tracery, thought 
by some to have taken the place of lancets which may have stood 
inside the present arches. This aisle would seem to have been 
divided in the centre by a screen, so as to form two separate 
chapels, each with its own altar. This portion of the building was 
formally used as the library, but has now been cleared out, the 
floor lowered, and restored in some measure to its former 
appearance. The room above this has been re-roofed in a very 
substantial manner, and the difficulty of obtaining light has been 
ingeniously overcome by inserting an oak dormer window in the 
roof, which is perhaps one of the most successful parts of the 
present restoration. Here, again, we have Decorated work appear- 
ing in the small three-light window. Another example of 
Decorated work was the three-light window which formerly filled 
the western end of the south aisle of the nave ; this was taken out 
