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castle-acre priory.
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and many years an inhabitant of Castle-Acre ; a very zealous and judicious in-
vestigator of its antiquities, who would certainly have been able to furnish a more
complete account of them, and to whom I am much indebted for my acquaintance
with them.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
Robert Forby.
Fincham, March 30, 1811.
REFERENCE TO THE ACCOMPANYING PLATES.
1. Ground plan of the church, cloister, and prior's lodge.
A. The church, &c.—a. The nave :—b b. Ailes :—c c. Transepts:—d d. Tran-
sept-chapels :—e e. Turret stair-cases :—f. Place of the transept tower :—g. Presby-
tery :—i. The Lady-chapel:—1 111. Piers now standing entire or in part:—The
dotted lines shew the forms of the groining of the arches ; also the situation of the
walls that are now levelled.
B. The cloister, &c.—m. Entrance to the dormitory :—n. to the buttery, &c. —
o. to the refectory :—p. Passage to the kitchen and cellar :—q q q. Kitchen, &c.—
r. Cellar and storehouses :—s. Entrance to the locutory :—t. The hall and chambers
for the novices.
C. The prior's lodge : lower story.—g. Now an open space, but formerly a room
or rooms with two stories above :—h. A turret stair-case :—i. A room with Norman
vaulting:—k. The prior's hall in the time of Henry VII:—1. The principal entrance,
of that age :—m. Thehostry :—m. An entrance to the cloister from the friar's lodge :
—n. The grand entrance to the same, from the original vestibule:—p. The pump-yard
now, anciently a small open area:—q. A lofty Norman buttress :—r. The original
vestibule :—s. A room with Norman vaulting :—t. A room with vaulting of the time
of Henry VII.
Upper story.—a. Room called the prior's dining-room:—b. His bed-chamber:—
C His private chapel:—a. An arch of entrance from the court below :—b. A lava-
tory, under a small arch :—c c. Windows:—d. A door arch to an adjoining room :—
d- vol. hi.
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and many years an inhabitant of Castle-Acre ; a very zealous and judicious in-
vestigator of its antiquities, who would certainly have been able to furnish a more
complete account of them, and to whom I am much indebted for my acquaintance
with them.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
Robert Forby.
Fincham, March 30, 1811.
REFERENCE TO THE ACCOMPANYING PLATES.
1. Ground plan of the church, cloister, and prior's lodge.
A. The church, &c.—a. The nave :—b b. Ailes :—c c. Transepts:—d d. Tran-
sept-chapels :—e e. Turret stair-cases :—f. Place of the transept tower :—g. Presby-
tery :—i. The Lady-chapel:—1 111. Piers now standing entire or in part:—The
dotted lines shew the forms of the groining of the arches ; also the situation of the
walls that are now levelled.
B. The cloister, &c.—m. Entrance to the dormitory :—n. to the buttery, &c. —
o. to the refectory :—p. Passage to the kitchen and cellar :—q q q. Kitchen, &c.—
r. Cellar and storehouses :—s. Entrance to the locutory :—t. The hall and chambers
for the novices.
C. The prior's lodge : lower story.—g. Now an open space, but formerly a room
or rooms with two stories above :—h. A turret stair-case :—i. A room with Norman
vaulting:—k. The prior's hall in the time of Henry VII:—1. The principal entrance,
of that age :—m. Thehostry :—m. An entrance to the cloister from the friar's lodge :
—n. The grand entrance to the same, from the original vestibule:—p. The pump-yard
now, anciently a small open area:—q. A lofty Norman buttress :—r. The original
vestibule :—s. A room with Norman vaulting :—t. A room with vaulting of the time
of Henry VII.
Upper story.—a. Room called the prior's dining-room:—b. His bed-chamber:—
C His private chapel:—a. An arch of entrance from the court below :—b. A lava-
tory, under a small arch :—c c. Windows:—d. A door arch to an adjoining room :—
d- vol. hi.