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The Forty-Fourth General Meeting. 



cornice of the top, is the most remarkable feature of the building — 

 but there are many other points of interest, of which the small 

 groined western porch, added later to the tower, the fine wooden 

 screens of the north and south aisles, and the well-preserved 

 recumbent effigy of a merchant in the wall of the south aisle, are 

 perhaps the most prominent. The speciality of Norton St. Philip, 

 however, is the George Inn, probably one of the finest examples 

 of a 15th century hostelry remaining in England, with not only 

 its exterior but also its rooms inside remaining for the most part 

 unaltered since the Duke of Monmouth slept in one of them before 

 the Battle of Sedgemoor. It is a half-timbered building, with a 

 lower story of stone, and a most picturesque chimney at the point 

 of one of the gables of the roof. A curious quadrangular Pigeon 

 House, of larger size than they are generally found, standing 

 behind the Queen Anne manor-house was also visited. It presents 

 but few architectural features to judge from and may be of either 

 15th or 16th century date. 



The last place to be visited on this clay's excursion was Hinton 

 Charterhouse, where the remains of the Carthusian House, 

 standing in the grounds and now forming part of the offices of the 

 house built from its ruins after the Dissolution, were inspected, by 

 kind permission of Mr. Heathcote, still with Mr. Brakspear as 

 guide and expounder. The " modern " house is a picturesque 

 gabled building, of which the oldest part appears to be a portion 

 of the original gate-house of the abbey — but the chief interest lies 

 in the ivy-covered remains of the domestic buildings of the abbey, 

 the Church of which has entirely disappeared. The groined chapter- 

 house, with a chamber over, remains perfect. The architectural 

 details of the interior exist in a remarkably uninjured state, and 

 are of the best work of the 13th century. The pigeon house 

 formed in the roof was generally taken to be a post-Dissolution 

 addition. Besides this there still stands a range of buildings of 13th 

 century date which formed the guest-house and the calefactory of 

 the abbey ; the latter having the remains of a fine 13th century 

 fireplace. After seeing all there was to be seen at leisure, the party 

 returned to Bradford, having spent a most enjoyable day, in which, 



