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south aisle; an arch sprang from the corner of the external 

 wall of this aisle to the tower. The choir has been altered at 

 several periods, especially in the south wall. The east window 

 is four-light of a plain design of frequent occurrence, similar 

 to the west and south transept windows. Originally three 

 large windows were equally spaced in the south side, only the 

 centre one now remains, that to the east having been built up 

 when the more recent sacristy was added — at first this cham- 

 ber was connected with the choir by a low arch and it again 

 was built up, and now only a small pointed door remains. 

 These three alterations are clearly traceable in the masonry. 

 The window to the west was built up when a gallery was 

 added around the choir and a newer window made at a higher 

 level. On the north side two similar windows were made at the 

 same high level to suit this addition. The corbels which sup- 

 ported this wooden gallery, which extended half way from 

 the tower to the east wall, still remain to prove its existence, 

 as do the corbels on each side beneath the tower, where a gal- 

 lery or rood screen ran across, which was approached by a 

 door from the circular stairs ascending from the cloister in 

 the north side of the tower. This also gave access to the choir 

 gallery. It is not clear why this gallery was erected in the 

 choir, as it could not be approached from the dormitories 

 direct to save the friars at night from descending to the 

 ground floor, as its only approach was by the tower stair 

 which ascended from the cloister. It certainly provided more 

 accommodation on what is considered a very modern and in- 

 elegant plan, but at the same time it would be a great dis- 

 figurement to a gracefully proportioned building. There are 

 doors on each side into the choir, close to the tower, the one 

 on the north side from the cloisters being the older. Half 

 way along the north wall there is a very low door, which may 

 have been the guardian's door leading to what I have con- 

 jectured to be the guardian's apartments. East of this door 

 was probably a window, now broken down. There is a corbel 

 on the level of the sill of the east window on the north side, 

 but no ambry or piscina. The tower is the finest and best 



