By Harold Brakspear, F.8.A. 237 
superseded by the present one in the 18th century. It was then 
entered at its north end through a porch, on the ground level, 
and steps, and had in the west wall three tall windows. The north 
end would be partitioned off by a screen, and was connected by a 
doorway with the kitchen, through which the food was served. 
A large piece of richly crested cornice of 15th century work, 
now used up over the present front door, presumably came from 
the old fireplace. 
The southern division was of two stories in height above the 
_ subyault and divided into rooms for the private use of the abbess, 
but all internal arrangements were swept away when the present 
dining-room was built. The east and part of the south walls still 
remain to their full height. The former retains the weathering of 
the pentice cloister roof, just above which is a square window with 
moulded jambs but plain splayed head and sill of late 13th century 
work; and over the raised south walk of the cloister is a square 
window, now blocked, but apparently of two lights and 15th 
century in date. The latter retains the sills of two windows of the 
top story. 
Over the two western bays of the south alley of the cloister, as 
before mentioned, is an apartment that formed the private chapel 
of the abbess. It had in each bay towards the court a square- 
headed window divided into two lights with tracery in the head. 
he tracery and mullions were destroyed and the windows walled 
up in the last century, but the western one was unblocked two years 
ago when fragments of the tracery were found sufficient to show 
the original design. So late as 1684 one of these windows retained 
its original stained glass, thus described by Dingley ! :— 
the Remaines of a Saynt Christoph’ who carrieth a Curist upon his shoulders 
holding in his left hand a Globe of the world. Adjoining to this in y° next part 
‘of the window is some saynt who had been a Bishop with a Glory about his 
head and miter not much unlike this,? hold up his Right hand and two fingers 
1 History from Marble (Camden Society, 1864), ii., eececy. 
2 Dingley here gives a sketch of the figure. 
