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cornice of the top, is the most remarkable feature of the building— 
but there are many other points of interest, of which the small 
groined western porch, added later to the tower, the fine wooden 
screens of the north and south aisles, and the well-preserved 
recumbent effigy of a merchant in the wall of the south aisle, are 
perhaps the most prominent. The speciality of Norton St. Philip, 
however, is the George Inn, probably one of the finest examples 
of a 15th century hostelry remaining in England, with not only 
its exterior but also its rooms inside remaining for the most part 
unaltered since the Duke of Monmouth slept in one of them before 
the Battle of Sedgemoor. It is a half-timbered building, with a 
lower story of stone, and a most picturesque chimney at the point 
of one of the gables of the roof. A curious quadrangular Pigeon 
House, of larger size than they are generally found, standing 
behind the Queen Anne manor-house was also visited. It presents 
but few architectural features to judge from and may be of either 
15th or 16th century date. 
The last place to be visited on this day’s excursion was Hinton 
Charterhouse, where the remains of the Carthusian House, 
standing in the grounds and now‘forming part of the offices of the 
house built from its ruins after the Dissolution, were inspected, by 
kind permission of Mr. Hearucorr, still with Mr. Braksprar as 
guide and expounder. The “modern” house is a picturesque 
gabled building, of which the oldest part appears to be a portion 
of the original gate-house of the abbey—but the chief interest lies 
in the ivy-covered remains of the domestic buildings of the abbey, 
the Church of which has entirely disappeared. The groined chapter- 
house, with a chamber over, remains perfect. The architectural 
details of the interior exist in a remarkably uninjured state, and 
are of the best work of the 13th century. The pigeon house 
formed in the roof was generally taken to be a post-Dissolution 
addition. Besides this there still stands a range of buildings of 13th 
century date which formed the guest-house and the calefactory of 
the abbey; the latter having the remains of a fine 13th century 
fireplace. After seeing all there was to be seen at leisure, the party 
returned to Bradford, having spent a most enjoyable day, in which, 
