222 On the Existing Structure of Lacock Abbey, 



2. The Cloisters, erected during the Perpendicular period, com- 



prising south, east, and north walks. 



3. The Refectory and Dormitory, on the north and east sides 

 of the cloister, of which the roofs are Perpendicular. 



Both the Refectory and Dormitory have been divided by floors 

 at the springing of the roof, the lower part being converted into 

 chambers on one side only, leaving a passage or gallery on the 

 other. 



A gallery, apparently the work of Sir William Sherrington, in 

 the sixteenth century, has been inserted in the roof-space of the 

 Dormitory. That of the Refectory has been partially converted 

 into attics, which may possibly have been done rather later. 



An octagonal tower at the south-east angle of the house, and 

 two ranges of offices, which form another court to the north, are 

 also Sherrington's work. 



These remains, of the sixteenth century, are well worthy of 

 attention. 



The first-floor buildings, west of the cloister, have been re- 

 modelled in the last century. 



The gallery over the south walk of the cloister, and some 

 other parts of the building, have been altered in the present 

 century. 



I now proceed to describe these buildings in detail, beginning at 

 the south-east angle with those to the east of the cloisters. 



The first is the Sacristy, and the second the Chapter House. 

 There is a general similarity of design between these two buildings. 

 Both are of three bays east and west, and two north and south. 

 Both have their western pillars octagonal, and their eastern ones 

 clustered piers with strong arches and responds, which were 

 required to carrjj- the main wall of the Dormitory. 



All the principal buildings on this side, are now open to the 

 terrace, this alteration having been made apparently in the last 

 century, by removing the windows and cutting away the wall in 

 some cases up to the very wall-rib of the vaulting. 



The windows were probably lancets ; and the Sacristy and 

 Chapter House may have had two in each bay. 



