The Ancient Sub-Chaniry House. 



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of the Meeting and excursions. It cannot be said, however, that 

 his efforts were seconded by the inhabitants of the capital of 

 Wiltshire as a whole, with any perceptible warmth, and the result 

 from a financial point of view was distinctly disappointing, and so 

 far from the Cathedral Spire Fund benefitting, as it was hoped and 

 expected that it might, from the balance of the Meeting, the Society 

 found itself in a position which it had not occupied for many years 

 — with a small deficit to make up after the expenses of the Meeting 

 had been met. 



§j\t §baent ^tt^Cfjantrji poitse formerly ht 

 CJw Close, ^aliskrg. 



By J. Haeding. 



pSjllpHE premises in the Close, now occupied as the Salisbury 

 SSili Diocesan Training College, besides the more extensive 

 range of buildings known as the King's House, also includes the 

 site of an old house called the Sub-Chantry, it having formerly 

 been appropriated as the residence of the sub-chanter or succentor 

 of the Cathedral, which office is now held by the Eev. S. M. Lakin. 



The Sub-Chantry House was situated between the King's House 

 and the Deanery, and like them it stood back a considerable distance 

 from the road, having an open space before it, the greater part of 

 which was many years ago added to the grounds of the Deanery. 



In 1849 the trustees of the Training College acquired possession 

 of the King's House and premises, as well as those of the Sub- 

 Chantry, which included a garden extending to the river, when the 



