By C. EL. Ponting, P.S.A. 187 
reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth, and of 
the manner in which, by making good use of his opportunities 
during this eventful period, he managed to secure continued ac- 
cession of power and wealth, throws much light on the early days 
of this house, and adds much to the interest of a study of its history. 
Upon acquiring possession of the abbey, Herbert appears to have 
pulled down the whole of its buildings with the exception of a 
detached two-storied block, probably used as a storehouse, which 
stood at the north-west angle. This building stands nearly north 
and south. On the east side there is a doorway to the upper floor 
through which it was approached by an outside stairease ; a corbel 
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which may have supported the platform of this still remains. This 
doorway is of the ‘ shouldered ” arch type used during the thirteenth 
and early part of the fourteenth centuries. A two-light window 
near, with ogee cusped head, and without tracery, lights this part 
of the upper storey. Beneath this is a two-light traceried window 
lighting the ground floor: both of these windows were once glazed 
and provided with iron saddle and stanchion bars, which remain 
intact in one light of the lower window; inside they have flat heads 
and splayed jambs. Under the position of the staircase platform is 
_ asmall pointed doorway giving access to the lower storey ; there is 
a second segmental one southward of it, and the jambs of another 
one exist beyond it. The two original buttress quoins remain at the 
south end, the doorway and arms are later insertions—the latter 
probably by the second Earl Pembroke. 
On the west side are no original features, only two windows of later 
date inserted ; but the north end is a very striking composition. A 
_ noble buttress of bold flat form is carried up the centre to a point well 
into the gable, and on the west side of it is a two light pointed window, 
_ lighting the upper floor at thisend. At this level is a broad splayed 
set-off in the thickness of the wall. The original copings and long 
_ springers remain. A later window has been inserted under the 
original one. The design of this building is bold and good, of about 
the middle of the fourteenth century: the walls are constructed of 
the green stone quarried some three miles away in blocks of large 
si e. The building has never been added to or reduced in size, and, 
