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of the original work belonging to Bishop Poore's " aula" and it is 

 probable that the present parlour on the western side of the drawing- 

 room also belongs to the same date ; as stated in the foregoing 

 lecture, it was probably the (C Camera," or bishop's private apartment 

 and bedroom. 



It is certainly probable, as Bishop Wordsworth says, that the 

 original kitchen was situated on the south side of the area which 

 occurs in the centre of the palace, that is to say, where the dairy 

 and still-room now stand. When Bishop Seth Ward restored the 

 palace he placed the kitchen at this point, and it is probable he did 

 so because the ancient kitchen had occupied the same position. 



Finally, if a chapel existed in Bishop Poore's palace it most prob- 

 ably occupied the site of the existing chapel, but it is likely to have 

 been on a lower level. 



The only evidence we have of the execution of any building work 

 during the fourteenth century consists in a fragment of a window 

 found at the foot of the west wall of the drawing-room ; this win- 

 dow was probably inserted, either as an addition or as a restoration, 

 about 1330 — 40; it is interesting to note also that a fragment of 

 one of the thirteenth century windows belonging to the " aula" has 

 likewise been dug up, which, together with the base of the angle 

 buttresses at the north-west corner of this block, which have lately 

 been laid bare, gives a very definite clue to the original design of 

 Bishop Poore's great hall. This thirteenth century window had 

 trefoil-headed lights with a quatrefoil above, the whole being rebated 

 outside for iron casements, while the lights were also rebated inside 

 for wooden shutters. 



The present entrance hall and the chapel above belong to the 15th 

 century, and are generally supposed to have formed part of the work 

 carried out by Bishop Beauchamp between 1450 and 1482, but the 

 character of the work is so very different from that which we find 

 in the tower at the eastern end of the north front, which was un- 

 doubtedly erected by this great architect, that there seems some 

 room to doubt whether the chapel and hall really were built or re- 

 modelled by him ; but if they were not they must have been erected 

 very shortly before his time, since the style of architecture precludes 



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