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Passing from the S. Transept by a flight of steps the Crypt is 
reached, which is of a very early Norman style, with an apse and 
three aisles, the groining being of most ingenious structure, in 
semi-circular ribs. The lower moiety of the Chapter House, 
which is reached from the Cloister, its central column and groin- 
ing, are also of Norman age, but the windows are insertions of 
Perpendicular date. 
Leaving the Cathedral a short walk along the terrace over- 
hanging the Severn brought the party to the ancient refectory 
of the Benedictine Monastery, which is of the 13th Century, 120 
feet in length by 38 in width, and stands on a Norman Crypt 
with a fine doorway with zigzag decorations. This Hall is now 
used as a Schoolroom for King Henry VIII. College, and retains 
on the E. wall the remains of an elegant reredos, and to the N. 
the staircase in the thickness of the wall leading to the pulpit 
of the reader to the Monks at their repasts. The pulpit and 
desk have disappeared. 
Not far from this fine Hall is the lofty Gate Tower with a 
wide and narrow Arch beneath, and above the outer Grand 
Arch covering both the former is a nearly vanished figure of 
King Edgar and his date 965. 
Proceeding by the first turning to the right from this Tower 
the Royal Porcelain Manufactory is reached by a short walk, 
and having paid the entrance fee of 6d. a head and received a 
book of instruction a conductor led the Members through the 
whole range of buildings, and described the process of ceramic 
manufacture from its earliest stage of pure Kaolin clay to its 
final issue to the world in its glazed and painted perfection. 
This required more than an hour’s time in perambulating the 
many chambers, but as time still sufficed for a hasty visit to 
another of the “lions” of Worcester, the Commandry of the 
Knights of St. John, situated in Lidbury, just outside the former 
Eastern gate of the City, the short quarter of a mile necessary 
to reach it was soon covered. Passing through the iron gates 

