WEST PURBECK MEETING. 



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 BARNESTONE. T 



-ISLE. OP PURBECK- 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLAN. 



Walling printed black Ancient. Walling cross hatched Tudor. Walling single hatched Modern. 



The walling of the south end of the chamber B may be wholly Tudor. 

 On the floor of the hall is the plan in dotted lines of the moulded beams of the ceiling. 



The building marked C has generally the appearance of Tudor 

 work, but not altogether. At the east end of the south side is a 

 blocked doorway, marked E on the plan, which has every 

 appearance of much greater antiquity. If this is i3th century 

 work, and a portion of the stonework where it is exposed seems 

 to be of that date, it is the doorway of the ancient i3th century 

 hall, which was partially pulled down when the new south front 

 was added and the present handsome and massive ceiling, with 

 its great moulded beams of oak, were put up, and a second 

 storey added above it. The original hall was in all probability 

 a building nearly, if not quite, the length of the present hall ; 

 that is, it might have stood alone, or it might have been 

 attached to the chamber B. The roof would have had louvres in 

 it to let out the smoke from the fire, which burnt on an open 

 hearth in the midst of the room. When a second storey was 

 added to the hall, a fireplace was necessary to heat the room, as, 

 with the storey above, the smoke could not be carried off as 



