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In class I. it is not uncommon to find a doorway of some 

 importance opening through the south bay of the west wall, 

 e.g., at Lincoln, into the Galilee porch, and at Salisbury into the 

 Cloisters. In each case, they were the state entrances for the 

 Bishop, though at Lincoln, when the choir was lengthened, another 

 was substituted near the high altar. 



In class III. transeptal doorways are never found, with one 

 remarkable exception, viz., Westminster Abbey ; where that in the 

 north transept (triple in plan, though the east one is unpierced) 

 is a thoroughly French design, carried out with purely English 

 details. Perhaps the reason for this exceptional arrangement 

 lies in the fact that this north transept abutted on the Royal 

 Palace, and consequently was the state entrance for the King. 



In class IV. Strata Florida Abbey, in S. Wales, shows a doorway 

 in the centre of the north wall of the transept, but this is the 

 only instance that I am aware of. 



In addition to these, as exceptional arrangements, I may 

 mention the great south doorway at Lincoln (spoken of above), 

 giving access to the Palace, the College of Vicars' Choral, and 

 (together with a less important one opposite) to the Prebendal 

 houses in the Close. We have doorways in nearly similar positions 

 at Hereford, leading through a short Cloister to the College of 

 Vicars' Choral, and at Chichester into the east walk of the 

 Cloisters. At Lincoln, also, a doorway leads from the N.E. 

 transept to the Cloisters. Besides these important doorways, 

 we find small posterns in various positions, which either led to 

 buildings now destroyed or were convenient means of access 

 from the surrounding precincts. 



Such is a brief summary of the doorways to be found in our 

 larger churches, classified as I., II., III. and IV. 



In our numerous parish churches, class V., we find endless 

 varieties of arrangement, from the small village church, consisting 

 of an aisleless nave and chancel, to the large semi-collegiate or 

 semi-monastic building, which is a combination of the Minster 



