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date sufficiently early to have been finished at that 
time, I will not venture to decide. From the 
top of the stairs to the east end of St. Joseph’s 
chapel is about 40 feet, and the breadth of the 
ante-chapel 28 feet. The whole length of the 
church externally, from the east end of the presby- 
tery to the west end of St. Joseph’s chapel, is about 
510 feet. 
My reasons for supposing that St. Joseph’s chapel 
was originally a separate building from the great 
church, are these,— first it is initselfa complete and 
beautifully proportioned building, having at its 
eastern angles, turrets similar to those which form 
its western termination ; which would hardly have 
been the case, had it been originally intended to 
be merely acontinuation ofalarger edifice. Secondly, 
the arch connecting it with the ante-chapel, is mani- 
festly of later date than the chapel itself; from 
which it would seem probable, that the original 
eastern termination has been pulled down. But 
what appears to me to be almost conclusive is this, 
—the style of architecture in which it is built can 
hardly be later than the time of Henry de Blois, 
who, we know, not only built the great church and 
many domestic offices in the abbey, but also com- 
pleted the work of abbot Herlewyn. But we are 
told that the whole church built by Henıy de 
Blois, with the exception of the tower, was destroyed 
by fire a.v. 1185. Now if St. Joseph’s chapel be 
of earlier date than this, (which it certainly appears 
