ByC. E. Pouting, F.JS.A. 587 



As will be seen from the plans of the two floors, this house must 

 have been something more than the dwelling of the Chantry priest, 

 and the ai'rangement and accommodation seem to suggest that it 

 was the home of a fraternity, of which, perhaps, the priest was 

 the head. 



On the ground floor there was a room on the south which I have 

 termed the hall, or refectory, facing the street, measuring about 

 21ft. x 18ft., which has lost its south and west walls (C) ; these 

 were 2ft. thick and doubtless built of stone; the wood-framed 

 superstructure on the west (only) has been preserved, supported on 

 modern beams (E) carried across from the modern wall to the ad- 

 joining premises (a process which has caused much dislocation of 

 the roof). This consists of heavy vertical timbers with wattle-and- 

 daub panels, and appears to have been flush with the outside of the 

 wall below; the corresponding framing on the front overhung the 

 wall, and the moulded beam which supported it, with one of the 

 oak brackets, and its stone corbel, still exists beneath the modern 

 deal shop-front facia. The moulded beams of the upper floor show 

 below the ceiling, as indicated by dotted lines, and a cornice of 

 wood is carried around by the walls. 



At the north end of this room was a timbered partition which 

 has given place to a modern one; until last year an oak doorway 

 remained in situ at A, with a four-centred arch having sunk 

 spandrels ; this has now been cut through by the modern brick 

 wall, and the head and one jamb-post removed. This doorway led 

 into what was, and in spite of alterations still is, the stair lobby, 

 on the east side of which was a small chamber which I have called 

 The Buttery. 



On the north of this, and divided from it by an old timbered 

 partition, is what was doubtless The Kitchen, with an outer 

 doorway at the back which has an eighteenth century frame; the 

 fireplace is not now traceable. Under this is a cellar now ap- 

 proached by the modern steps, which I have indicated. 



Over the parts described are two rooms with divisions corres- 

 ponding to those below, which were doubtless Dormitories, each 

 having its separate doorway from the stair lobby. The one opening 



