THE HOSPITAL OF ST. PETER, YORK. 
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the other with sunk star and bead between may be part of a 
string course, see Plate III. Many ecclesiastical buildings 
were of two stories; two in York remain, St. Leonard’s 
Hospital and the Archbishop’s Chapel, now the Minster 
Library. Of secular buildings, the Chapel in Clifford’s Tower 
is on the upper floor, over the entrance. 
The Well of the Hospital of St. Peter was originally in the 
grounds on the eastern side of the cloister, now it is on the 
stage of the Theatre Royal. It is oval in shape, 2 ft. by 2 ft. 
6 in., built of magnesian limestone in courses varying from 
7 to 11 in. deep, for a depth of 15 ft. 6 in. The deepest stone 
course is chamfered, and rests on a timber foundation, the 
timbers are 12 in. deep in layers and enclose a square 2 ft. 
10 in. to a depth of 10 ft. 6 in. The Well was cleared, but 
nothing of interest was revealed. 
On Plate I. is a plan of the Hospital, the dotted line 
indicating what may have been its original extent. The 
letters A, B, and C, refer to the wall pilasters, of which views 
are given on Plate IV. The section is from west to east and 
gives two vaulted bays, wall pilaster C, opening in east wall, 
and position of Well outside the building. 
Towards the street is shown the Lodge, having the lower 
apartment, 16 ft. 10 in. wide, covered with a segmental barrel 
vault rising 7 ft. 3 in. at centre above its springing from a 
chamfered string course. The vaulting was divided into bays 
11 ft. apart by a chamfered arch or arches rising from corbels 
forming a continuation of the chamfered string course. In 
the centre of north wall is a chamfered window with flat head 
having an exterior opening 12 in. wide by 2ft. 6 in. high. In 
the exterior wall on west side and on the upper floor is the 
head and one side of a lancet light. 
Plate II. is a section from north to south showing buttress 
and one vaulted bay of the Hospital cloister. In plate III. 
are profiles of bases, each 7 in. high ; the one to the left is 
identical with some early bases at the Minster, that to the 
right is a column base. The two carved stones are referred 
to on page 100. Three mason’s marks are shown, two, A and 
B, from wall shaft C, and the other from a column, may be 
the wall column shown on plan opposite the one marked C. 
