BOROUGH OF GUILDFORD 



two elder brothers, Richard and Antony, otherwise 

 unknown to fame, married ladies of the same rank ' 

 before their younger brothers had become very eminent 

 men. The main entrance wing of the hospital faces on 

 to the High Street (south), and consists in elevation 

 of a main wing with a central tower, set back from 

 the street, flanked by two wings projecting to the 

 street line. From the angles of the latter is carried a 

 stone balustrade of 18th-century date, with an open- 

 ing in the middle opposite the archway to the court 



four small octagonal turrets, of which that to the 

 north-west contains a stair to the upper floors and 

 roof, while all are finished with lead-covered cupolas, 

 and rise a stage above the tower. In the first floor is 

 the large window of the board-room, of five mullioned 

 and transomed lights, and above this the close-barred 

 window of the treasury, of four rounded lights. The 

 elevation of the tower to the courtyard is of a similar 

 nature, but the arch is simpler in detail. The arch- 

 way has a coved plaster ceiling, and large contemporary 



Masters Hall 



Kitchen 



Masters 

 Parlour 



High Street 



Scale of Feet 



PLAN OF ABBOT'S HOSPITAL, GUILDFORD 



which pierces the central tower. This archway is 

 set in a complete pedestalled Doric order with fan- 

 tastically rusticated pilasters and arch, and is apparently 

 a complete restoration. Above this is a quartered 

 shield of the royal arms of James I. On it is the 

 inscription : ' These arms erected by S. Robinson, 

 master 18(25).' At the angles of the tower are 



doors elaborately panelled and with pierced heads. 

 In the main and projecting wings are mullioned and 

 transomed windows symmetrically placed in two 

 stories, and in the curvilinear gables of the projecting 

 wings are smaller untransomed windows to the attics 

 with square-headed labels. The other windows are 

 tied by string-courses. The board-room over the 



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