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so ; but the two intermediate dormers are at the lower edge of 

 the roof markedly breaking the long line of the eaves. The 

 centre and end dormers surmount small cornices with two 

 horse-shoe facets each, "extending down from the foot of the 

 dormer-projection to the edge of the roof. 



The dormers are of the horse-shoe shape, faced with large 

 flat upright curvilinear bargeboards, highly ornamented with 

 floral scroll work, and all contain the curved projecting canopy 

 block between and under (?) baluster brackets, which stand up 

 high above them and are joined together by cross-bars. Had 

 there been any window-like opening or fret-work screen below 

 these curious objects, the projecting block might be taken for a 

 hood or shade to keep off sun and rain, with Venetian boards 

 above them. Under each of the five dormers is a projecting 

 niche between square pilasters, which stand out from the 

 side wall a little, b ut not so far as the eaves of their roofs. 

 Two or three of them on each side have large human figures 

 with tall topis carved in relief, whilst the rest, including the 

 central one on each side, are cut out into a deep niche or recess, 

 as if for a shrine., or for an entrance into the interior. 



In the wall spaces between the five niches under the five 

 dormers, the eaves are supported by numerous carved brackets, 

 and the flatness of the wall is broken by a triple tassel ornament, 

 hanging down from each bracket. 



There is a gangway or path all round the upper storey of the 

 great hall (if such it was) immediately over the verandah. Out- 

 side this there is a continuous row of domical or waggon-roofed 

 cells all round the outer edge of the verandah roof, much the 

 same as in the adjacent monoliths, only the roofed passage or 

 corridor joining the cells has (at the ends one, at the sides two) 

 diminutive ornamental dormer cells whose tops are on a level 

 with those of the adjacent larger cells. The balustrade, railing, 

 or beam — end course at the base of the cells is ornamented, as 

 usual here, with griffin heads in pairs facing one another. These 

 heads, like those which surmount the brackets under the large 

 dormer facades, are something like the griffins or lions into 

 which the base of the principal verandah pillars have been 



