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the Isle of Purbeck hence its preservation when other parts 

 of the building were defaced by man and became a ruin, 

 The roof is of oak with transoms, the principals ten feet apart, with 

 five knee pieces between ; these knee pieces lean outwards. The 

 floor ledge represents the level of the original floor of the building 

 necessarily raised on account of high tides, and appears to have 

 been destroyed on the south and east sides, as were the original 

 windows, or they were in such a ruinous state when the build- 

 ing was restored that they were replaced by others in the 

 Perpendicular style in vogue at the time of restoration, on the 

 Salisbury-street side on the original level of the windows, but on 

 the Quay side on that level more convenient to the purpose to which 

 the building was then adapted probably stores of war for use by 

 Henry VI. in his war with France. The dimensions of the Town 

 Cellar are as follows : Total length of Cellar, 122ft. Gin. This 

 is inclusive of the piece of building removed to allow of the 

 continuation of Thames-street to the Quay, the width of the street 

 being 20ft. 9in. Width of Cellar, 31ft. Gin. (this is measured in 

 Thames-street). Thickness of walls, 3ft. 4in. The walls are of 

 rubble, the stones being of sandstone, Purbeck limestone, and some 

 chalk. The windows in Salisbury-street and Paradise-street are 

 two-light, the lights being 14in. in width. The mullions are stone, 

 Gin. in width. The height from spring to head is 1ft. ; from sill to 

 springing, 4ft. The dripstone of the buttresses should be noticed, 

 the break being unusual, especially one on the Quay nearest 

 Paradise-street. The window at the west end (in the portion used 

 as store by the New Inn) is of Perpendicular style of architecture, 

 two-light, each light being 4ft. Gin. in width, with splay of Gin. ; 

 height of springing, 9ft.; rise of 4ft. The large corbel is composed of 

 four stones, each Gin. in thickness, and rounded on the outer surface. 

 The upper one is 33in. by 24in. Each of the others is six inches 

 less in width. The depth of corbel is 24in. From the two upper 

 stones project broken fragments towards the east. The little 

 prison called Salisbury was a small stone building, 26ft. Tin. in 

 length and 8ft. 4in. in width. It was built up against the eastern 



