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intersecting arcade which originally was carried round the walls of 

 the lantern is omitted in those portions which have been re-built. 

 Also, in those Norman windows which have been re-built with the 

 original stones, regard has been paid to appearances externally, but 

 not internally. In the interior, stones carved with ornamental 

 details, which do not correspond, are placed in juxta-position, and 

 the conclusion follows that, at the period when this partial re-building 

 of the tower walls took place (not improbably in the fifteenth 

 century) the Norman lantern was no longer intended to be left open 

 to the Church. If it were now to be re-opened, by the removal of 

 the intervening floor, the alteration would be the reverse of an im- 

 provement, though we may well regret that the original arrangement 

 has not come down to our time. The use of a more lofty and in- 

 tricate intersecting arcade on the east wall of the lantern than on 

 its other walls is a very curious and interesting but not a very 

 beautiful treatment. It was suggested to me, some time ago, with 

 great probability, by Mr. Kite, that there was probably a similar 

 treatment of the east end of the chancel, and that the present 

 arcade on the east wall is, therefore, incorrect, if regarded as a 



restoration. 



" Your obedient Servant, 



"C. H. Talbot.'' 

 " LacocJc Abbey, August llth, 1880.'' 



Rejoining the carriages at the foot of the hill, a short drive 

 brought the visitors to Bewley Court, a good example of a small 

 dwelling house of the fifteenth century, with muUioned and cusped 

 windows, four-centred porchway, the remains of an open roof, and 

 much panelling. And then through the village of Lacock, which 

 is full of houses dating from the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth 

 centuries, with pent-roof porches, grey-tiled roofs, and here and there 

 four-c-'utred doorways and windows; and by the village cross, a 

 Late Perpendicular structure, which, not long since, has been care- 

 fully re-erected by Mr. Talbot of the stones preserved in the Abbey, 

 in accordance with a section and elevation drawn by Carter. 



Arrived at Lacock Abbey, the visitors were received by Mr. 

 Talbot, who at once conducted them round that magnificent reHc of 



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