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that this and the room below it were constructed at the same time 

 as the present Dining-hall, or whether, as Dr. Harper "believes, the 

 older School-room was now converted into these two rooms, and a 

 new room built to the south of them, there is not sufficient 

 evidence to show. 



In 1697 another addition was made for the benefit of the 

 Tablers ; the sum of .320 9s. 6d. being expended in erecting a 

 house at the west end of the School garden, at right angles to 

 what is now the vestry, " containing a parlour and a wood-house, 

 with several chambers over it for sick boys." An outbreak of 

 small-pox, which had carried off several of the boarders, was 

 probably the cause of this new measure. The demolition of this 

 building is within the memory of some here present, to whom the 

 erection of the present School-house and the extension of the lawn 

 must seem a matter of yesterday. 



No^further alteration was effected for nearly 50 years, when, in 

 1749, the Old Priory and adjoining garden were annexed, only so 

 much of the masonry being reserved from the hammer as was 

 required for the wall which now extends from the boys' door to 

 the Study Buildings. 



The Bell Buildings were erected in 1835, at a cost of 1,400 

 odd, about a third of which sum was defrayed by Dr. Lyon 

 himself. 



The Digby Buildings date from 1851, and are due to the 

 munificence of Edward, Earl Digby, and the surrender of a portion 

 of his income by Dr. Harper, for the construction of the Chapel, as 

 originally designed. 



The new School-house was built in 1860, in large measure 

 through the liberality of the late Squire, Mr. George Wingfield Digby. 



In 1865 the Chapel and Crypt were extended, and in 1870 the 

 new block of Class Rooms was added, forming the west side of 

 the third Court, and running parallel to the School-room, which 

 was converted into a Library between the years 1880-1884. 



The Lavatories, West Cloister, School-room, Modern Schools, 

 Gymnasium, and Sanatorium are among the moie recent additions 



