226 On the Existing Structure of Lacock Abbey. 



which, from the character of its base-moulding, seems to be Per- 

 pendicular. The reason for these additions is not obvious. 



In this room is a large trough, cut out of a single stone, which 

 has excited considerable attention. 



Two Rooms, known as " Olh^r Cromwell's Stables." 

 These rooms run east and west, and have a plain barrel vault. 

 The western one communicated with the room last described. The 

 arch of the doorway between the two, is almost semicircular. 



On the north side of the cloister, beginning at the east end, are 

 the following : — 



Passage from Cloister to Court-yard. 

 This room communicated with the so-called " Nun's Kitchen," 

 with the cloister, the cellarage under the refectory, and the present 

 court-yard. It has been used as an ice-house, and is much 

 obstructed internally by a building erected for storing ice. 



Cellarage under the Refectory. 

 This is of four bays in length, on the north side, and two in 

 breadth, one bay being taken oflPthe south-west angle,not improbably 

 to afford room for a staircase from the cloister to the refectory. 



The Kitchen. 



The present Kitchen, adjoining the Early English buildings on 

 the north and west of the cloister, not improbably occupies the 

 site of the original Abbey Kitchen. My reasons for preferring 

 this site to that of the room which has received the name of 

 " Nun's Kitchen," are these : — 



1. This particular position is the usual one for a monastic 

 kitchen, 



2. The present kitchen has no other room above it, which is a 

 characteristic of ancient kitchens, while the other is a vaulted room 

 under the dormitory. 



3. It is not difficult to imagine how this room may have had 

 a communication with the refectory ; whilst the Early English 

 buildings remain very perfect in the neighbourhood of the other. 



