188 The Bishop’s Palace at Salisbury. 
additions exclusively to the central and eastern portions of the 
palace. 
This library was placed on the level of Bishop Poore’s aula and 
camera, and no doubt the doorway from the latter to the library 
was formed by Bishop Sherlock; the library was converted into a 
dining-room by Bishop Barrington, and a projection at the S.W. 
corner of the block, the original object of which is uncertain, was 
made use of by the latter bishop for a staircase as a means of com- 
munication between his kitchen and the dining-room. 
The existing ceiling of the drawing-room and the roof above 
were executed by Bishop Sherlock, who also appears to have raised 
the ceiling of the entrance-hall, then the dining-hall, and the plaster 
ceiling itself was doubtless executed by him. 
The raising of this ceiling necessarily reduced the height of the 
chapel above, and in consequence it appears to have been thought 
desirable to raise the sill of the east window of this latter apart- 
ment; the whole window appears to have been taken out and raised 
about 18in. or 2ft., and the point of the arch externally now cuts 
up into the string-course below the parapet in a very unsightly 
manner owing to this alteration ; whether the tracery of the window 
is original or not is doubtful, but it is certainly not a good specimen 
of fifteenth century work, and it looks altogether rather more lik: 
a bad copy made by men who had lost the feeling of the old style 
of architecture; it is distinctly less good than the side windows of 
the chapel which appear to be wholly original. 
Bishop Barrington’s work has already been alluded to several 
times in these notes, it only remains to be said that the drawing- 
room was re-arranged by him, that is to say he inserted the windows, 
doors, and fireplace, and generally brought the room to its present 
state. 
Besides the other works already described as having been carried 
out by him, it may be mentioned that he converted the old dining- 
hall beneath the chapel into an entrance-hall, and, as has been said, 
turned Bishop Sherlock’s library into the dining-room ; he also 
probably built the present kitchen and offices to the west and formed 
the original kitchen into a still room and dairy. 
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