230 On the Existing Structure of Lacock Abbey. 



the jamb of an Early English arch, which was shafted, and was 

 probably the original entrance. On this jamb may be traced the 

 Early English painting of ideal stones and joints. The stones 

 were alternately yellow and grey, and a narrow band of lighter 

 yellow or white, bordered by two black lines, formed the joint, 

 another vertical black line bordering the whole. 



The vaulting between the second and third bays from the west, 

 in the north walk, springs from a corbel instead of a vaulting- 

 shaft. Supposing that there might be a reason for this, I removed 

 the plaster, and discovered a wide Early English arch. There are 

 no signs of an opening on the other side of tbe wall, and the 

 jambs do not descend to the ground ; I have therefore conjectured 

 that this was a recessed lavatory, with probably two sub-arches 

 and a central shaft ; and that after the erection of the cloister, a 

 projecting lavatory may have replaced it. On the arch are traces 

 of painting similar to those mentioned above. 



The western bay of this walk is walled off from the rest. Here 

 has been some earlier work, apparently transitional between Decor- 

 ated and Perpendicular. 



Among the fragments preserved in the cloister, I will only 

 mention two stones, which seem to have formed part of the mon- 

 umental eflBgy of a nun, with a censing angel ; and part of a coflBn 

 lid, with three incised crosses of early character, which has been 

 described. 



The Refectory. 



The Refectory occupied the whole north side of the cloister 

 court. Externally, the only remains are those of two rose-windows 

 in the south wall, of different radii. These appear to be Perpen- 

 dicular. The internal dimensions must have been about 79 feet by 

 26. The open timber roof, of Perpendicular date, remains through- 

 out ; but attics have been formed under part of it, and it is not 

 easily inspected. There is a tie beam to every second principal, 

 at about 20 feet distance ; the intermediate ones having been 

 terminated on short hammer beams, projecting from the wall. In 

 the gallery below a specimen of these may be seen, carved with. 



