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moulding, the stops on the jambs are typical of the work of fifty 
years earlier, and I think it even doubtful whether this was not part 
of the monastic buildings. There are indications in the jointing of 
the jambs and label that this feature was not worked for the wall in 
which it is built. Over the archway is a fine three-storied oriel 
which is quite Renaissance, although the Gothic feeling lingers in 
the section of the strings. The oriel windows only at present have 
labels, but they once existed and have been cut away, over the side 
windows. The Royal arms on the oriel are doubtless eat of Sir 
William Herbert’s work. 
An old print dated 1563 shows this central part with a cornice 
over the second floor windows, and a pediment over the third floor 
windows spanning the whole; this was surmounted by a wooden 
“turret in the centre of the roof: the same print shows the old lead 
rain-water pipes and heads on each side of the oriel, and again 
outside the central part ; these still exist on the quadrangle side ; and, 
as this print shows the house as it was before the second Earl 
Henry Herbert’s alterations, the niches and arms above described 
do not appear. 
The second Earl added the part above the upper windows, and the 
exact point at which he commenced can be seen in the flattening of 
the arch of one of these windows. The present parapet and the 
turret were added by Wyatt. 
On the quadrangle side the old part shows the same general 
treatment, but there are a few distinct features—e.g., the string- 
course between the upper two stages is carved with a kind of tongue 
ornament, and is carried right through, and the old lead water-pipes 
remain. The print dated 1563 shows a walled-in courtyard on the 
east side of the house with a lodge in the east wall, consisting of an 
archway with a room over, flanked by turrets with a gable between, 
Some time prior to 1683 the south front of the original house was 
destroyed by fire, and in that year it was re-built; the design was 
prepared by Inigo Jones, but it is supposed that the work was carried 
out under his pupil and son-in-law, J. Webb. This work was con- 
fined to re-building the south part and the west returns of the same 
and the re-modelling of the parts of the east front on each side of 
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