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Lacock Abbey. 



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Fig- 4. 



Tiles found in Sacristy 



The centre pier under these arches is formed of a cluster of eight 

 half-round columns attached to a drum, and has moulded caps and 

 bases. The latter are 4 inches lower than the present floor, and 

 show the original 13th century level. The responds against the 

 side walls are of the same plan as half the centre pier, and the 

 abacus of the caps is continued along the walls as a string-course. 

 In each corner of the room are detached columns to carry the 

 vaulting, and the other vaulting springers are supported on corbels. 

 The bases of these angle columns are about 24 inches above the 

 present floor level, 1 and originally rested on a stone seat that 



1 These corner columns, as well as the responds under the cross arches, are 

 completed down to the floor-level and the bases chopped away. The latter 

 were probably done at the suppression, when the seats and platforms would 

 be dispensed with on the conversion of this into a living r6om. A portion 

 of the seats in the extreme angles appears to have been retained, as the lowest 

 course of the angle columns forms part of a plinth applied to the walls in the 

 18th century. 



