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with a stone vault, which necessitated a wider wall next the court. 
Instead of re-building the small portion of the one bay already 
begun, from the foundations, the next course above the plinth 
‘externally has been corbelled out and the piers to carry the vault 
internally are set at the extreme edge of the seat. The vaulting 
is of a rich lierne type with carved bosses at the intersections, but 
the curves of the ribs being depressed segments give it an awkward 
appearance. The window towards the court, of the free bay, is of 
four lights with tracery of a curious transitional character. These 
two bays are carried up to form an apartment over, which will be 
described later. 
The rest of the south walk was proceeded with directly after the 
completion of the two western bays, but in a fully developed 15th 
century style! Externally each bay has a four-light window, with 
tracery under a four-centred arched label, and is divided from its 
neighbour by a boldly projecting buttress. The windows seem 
never to have been glazed, except in the tracery. The courses of 
the vaulting ribs follow those of the window arch, and each severy 
is divided into the same lierne pattern as the earlier bays. The 
vault is supported next the church wall on moulded piers projecting 
18 inches from the wall line, which also carry wall arches that cut 
across the earlier openings without any attempt being made to work 
these into the later design. The western procession doorway 
occurred where one of these wall piers should have been, and, as it 
was necessary to retain the door for use, a narrow buttress was 
carried up each jamb of the original opening and supported a flat 
lintel from which the vaulting sprang abruptly. This arrangement 
has been almost entirely obliterated in recent times, by continuing 
the vaulting downwards and forming a new pier beneath to match 
he others. In 1828 a new doorway was inserted in the church 
which has entirely destroyed the east jamb of the original 
| Between the wall arches and under the windows towards 
the court are continuous stone seats. In houses of canons and 
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1 Although the style of the west bays and the rest of the south walk are so } 
ssimilar they were apparently built by the same masons, as the same masons’ 
arks occur on stones in both sections of the work. 
