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The Bishop's Palace at Salisbury. 



additions exclusively to the central and eastern portions of the 

 palace. 



This library was placed on the level of Bishop Poore's aula and 

 camera, and no doubt the doorway from the latter to the library 

 was formed by Bishop Sherlock ; the library was converted into a 

 dining-room by Bishop Barrington, and a projection at the S.W. 

 corner of the block, the original object of which is uncertain, was 

 made use of by the latter bishop for a staircase as a means of com- 

 munication between his kitchen and the dining-room. 



The existing ceiling of the drawing-room and the roof above 

 were executed by Bishop Sherlock, who also appears to have raised 

 the ceiling of the entrance-hall, then the dining-hall, and the plaster 

 ceiling itself was doubtless executed by him. 



The raising of this ceiling necessarily reduced the height of the 

 chapel above, and in consequence it appears to have been thought 

 desirable to raise the sill of the east window of this latter apart- 

 ment ; the whole window appears to have been taken out and raised 

 about 18in. or 2ft., and the point of the arch externally now cuts 

 up into the string-course below the parapet in a very unsightly 

 manner owing to this alteration ; whether the tracery of the window 

 is original or not is doubtful, but it is certainly not a good specimen 

 of fifteenth century work, and it looks altogether rather more lik.: 

 a bad copy made by men who had lost the feeling of the old style 

 of architecture ; it is distinctly less good than the side windows of 

 the chapel which appear to be wholly original. 



Bishop Barrington's work has already been alluded to several 

 times in these notes, it only remains to be said that the drawing- 

 room was re-arranged by him, that is to say he inserted the windows, 

 doors, and fireplace, and generally brought the room to its present 

 state. 



Besides the other works already described *as having been carried 

 out by him, it may be mentioned that he converted the old dining- 

 hall beneath the chapel into an entrance-hall, and, as has been said, 

 turned Bishop Sherlock's library into the dining-room ; he also 

 probably built the present kitchen and offices to the west and formed 

 the original kitchen into a still room and dairy. 



